IBM
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IBM (International Business Machines Corporation) is a multinational computer technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, USA.
IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and offers infrastructure services, hosting services, and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology.
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Political affiliations
- HM Treasury Controlled Foreign Companies (CFCs) working group (2010-2011) - representative Kathy Bishop [1]
PR & Lobbying
IBM has ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). (see the Center for Media and Democracys 'ALEC Exposed' project for more on the US lobbying group, ALEC.[2]
Lobbying firms
In 2014, in the US, IBM spent $4,950,000 lobbying Washington.[3] It employed the following lobbying agencies (as of 2014):
- In 2008, IBM was listed as a having been a client of The Gorlin Group[5]
People
Board
- Alain J.P. Belda
- William R. Brody
- Kenneth I. Chenault
- Michael L. Eskew
- David N. Farr
- Shirley Ann Jackson
- Andrew N. Liveris
- W. James McNerney, Jr.
- James W. Owens
- Virginia M. Rometty
- Joan E. Spero
- Sidney Taurel
References
- ↑ Controlled Foreign Companies (CFCs) working groups and committees: Working group on CFC interim improvements (established July 2010), acc 5 October 2011
- ↑ ALEC Exposed, a project of the Center for Media and Democracy, accessed November 2015
- ↑ IBM profile, Open Secrets, accessed November 2015
- ↑ IBM profile, Open Secrets, accessed November 2015
- ↑ The Gorlin Group Clients Accessed 20th March 2008
