 By 1981 its stock price had declined by 22%.IBM's earnings for the first half the year grew by 5.3%—one third of the inflation rate—while those of minicomputer maker Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) grew by more than 35%.The company began selling minicomputers, but in January 1982 the Justice Department ended the antitrust suit because, "The New York Times" reported, the government "recognized what computer experts and securities analysts had long since concluded