IBM to buy software firm SPSS for $1.2 billion

Viewing on a PDA? Click here. CHICAGOBUSINESS — POWERED BY CRAIN'S — Breaking News CRAIN'S LISTS MARKETS GO TO MY ACCOUNT GO TO CHICAGOBUSINESS.COM Tuesday July 28, 2009 8:03 AM IBM to buy software firm SPSS for $1.2 billion (Reuters) — International Business Machines Corp. plans to buy Chicago-based technology services company SPSS Inc. for about $1.2 billion in cash, the companies said ...   Read More » View Other Top Headlines » Read This Week's Crain's CRAIN'S DAILY FEATURE Chicago Business Today - July 27 South Side Ford plant rolling out the new Taurus. New signs of stabilization in the local economy, but a recovery may be a ways off. Read More MORE FEATURES • Enterprise City — a small-business blog • EIA: An entrepreneur is born • Top tourist attractions • Check, Please! visits Keefer's for lunch SIGN UP FOR CUSTOM ALERTS Industries Companies Executives   Crain's Chicago Business 360 N. Michigan Ave. | Chicago, IL 60601 ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENTCrain's Blogs. Now You're Talking. Sure to pique your interest every business day, Crain's expert bloggers expound on government, small business, after-hours with Chicago's elite, golf and the business of sports. Click here to read what Greg Hines, Shia Kapos, Ed Sherman and other Crain's reporters are saying today. And talk back, they'd love to hear from you.