We did the best we could to communicate a message of calm and hope, as we stood on the pavement watching a cloud come through the cavernous streets of lower Manhattan.

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Up in the mountains, walking between villages enveloped by cloud, I come across a woman watching her flock of wether lambs.

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Revenue from products and services related to cloud computing, one of the areas that analysts are watching for IBM to emerge a market leader, will double by the end of the year, the company said.

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In the earnings call, we will be watching closely how Amazon plans to extend its lead in the Electronic and General Merchandise and cloud computing markets.

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