London CNN Business — A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Amazon ’s beat: Amazon blew away Wall Street’s expectations when it reported earnings for the holiday quarter on Thursday, my CNN Business colleague Clare Duffy reports. See here: If Amazon shares open up as much as expected, the company could soon approach …
New York CNN Business — IBM CEO Ginni Rometty, who has led the tech giant since 2012, will step down in April. Jim Whitehurst, the Red Hat CEO who many thought would take over for Rometty, will become IBM’s president. “He is a brilliant technologist who has played a significant role in developing our key technologies.” Rometty also praised Whitehurst …
