In a deal-crazy environment such as America's, reckons Rick Escherich of J.

ECONOMIST: Corporate finance

Meike Escherich, principal analyst at Gartner, attributes the overall performance to economic uncertainty in the region, as well as lackluster demand in the wait for Windows 8 machines.

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Rick Escherich, an analyst at J.

ECONOMIST: Corporate finance

Rick Escherich of J.

ECONOMIST: Equities