Sure they can..How? Easy..Do what they have been doing recently..Lay off people>>>Thus unemployment and jobless claims keep rising..However, at some point the consumers will all be unemployed..lol..It will catch up to them very soon IMO!
IBM will remain profitable. It's not said but their focus is on hiring contractors instead of full time employees. That isn't finished yet either. If you work for a company that uses IBM services, you'll find that most of the time, you're talking to a contractor. But that's pretty much all of the IT service culture now days.
Can't wait to see how much the $125 May calls are worth tomorrow considering I cashed out at 1.20 from a .80 entry. Argh.