Rueters news article on IBM actions

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Read this  report on IBM job cuts  by Reuters
What does IBM do or manufacture  in Beaverton OR?
The  report  also went on to say there  is a
weaker corporate demand for new technology.
Is the technology demand weaker or  no budget to spend?

IBM lays off staff in computer plants, operations

NEW YORK, May 24 (Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp. (IBM)
said on Friday it has laid off an unspecified number of employees at plants
where it makes large computers.
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He said the cuts included 225 server jobs in Endicott; 144 jobs in
Poughkeepsie, New York; 150 jobs in Rochester, Minnesota; and 250 jobs in
Beaverton, Oregon. He said 250 jobs were cut from various divisions at
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, where large computers are also made.
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Sources familiar with the situation have said IBM plans to cut 7,950 to
9,540 jobs, or 2.5 percent to 3 percent of its work force.
IBM has declined to comment on the broad cuts, but its new chief executive,
Sam Palmisano, hinted of such reductions during a recent meeting with
analysts. [SNIP] Palmisano says the company needs to cut costs to align
operations with weaker corporate demand for new technology.
  REUTERS © 2002 Reuters

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