AP - The value of the pay package for IBM's chief executive, Sam Palmisano, rose 19 percent in 2010 from a year earlier to $25.2 million, thanks to a near-doubling of his performance-based bonus as the company surpassed a profit goal it set in 2007, according to an Associated Press review of a securities filing.<p><strong>Read more:</strong> <a class="rssreadon" rel="external" title="IBM bumps CEO Palmisano's pay 19 pct in 2010   (AP)" href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110307/ap_on_bi_ge/us_ibm_executive_compensation" target="_blank">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110307/ap_on_bi_ge/us_ibm_executive_compensation</a></p>