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As Americans spent less, companies cut jobs and reduced their investment in equipment, software and buildings to trim their costs.
SBC Communications agreed to buy more than $1 billion in equipment, software and services from Lucent Technologies in a five-year deal that makes Lucent SBC's main supplier.
Investment: Investment in equipment, software and building for businesses fell by 9%.
Businesses decreased their inventories and reduced their levels of investment in equipment, software and new buildings.
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This includes changes in the preparation method as well as in QC, equipment, software, manufacturing and suppliers.
Here's corporate profits as a share of GDP: So corporations are taking a much bigger slice of total income — and are showing little inclination either to redistribute that slice back to investors or to invest it in new equipment, software, etc.. Instead, they're accumulating piles of cash.
In the future, Ms. Fiorina said, corporate customers will want to buy information technology in a package of equipment, software and especially services to solve specific business problems, instead of being sold the vendors' latest hot products.
Sales of Ericsson's equipment, software and services in North America rose 51 percent to 17 billion kronor.
Ericsson's sales of equipment, software and services in the three months through December rose 5 percent to 66.9 billion kronor, or $10.5 billion.
Businesses also are investing, especially in equipment and software.
However, business investment in equipment and software continues to expand.
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