IBM’s second-quarter results missed expectations, impacted by customer spending shifts, triggering one of the worst crashes in its stock. CEO Arvind Krishna said clients prioritized AI infrastructure, securing supply-constrained hardware in June. He also atrributed the shortfall to execution lapses and a mainframe business setback.
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MSCI’s regional equities gauge advanced 0.3% with South Korea’s Kospi index leading gains. That came after the S&P 500 Index rose 1.1% on Thursday, its