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IBM scoops up software-maker SPSS

SAN FRANCISCO — IBM Corp. is bulking up its most profitable division with a $1.2 billion acquisition of business software provider SPSS Inc. The all-cash deal represents a 42 percent premium over SPSS’s closing price of $35.09 on Monday. SPSS’s technology is used to....

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