[image: IBM] * IBM to fire 5,000 US workers, India to gain*
March 26, 2009 *G*lobal computer technology giant International Business Machines -- IBM, or 'Big Blue' -- plans to lay off about 5,000 employees in the United States, with many of the jobs being transferred to India, a media report said on Thursday. The technology giant has been steadily building its work force in India and other locations, while reducing the number of employees based in the US. *Image: The IBM headquarters in Paris. | Photograph: Philippe Wojazer/Reuters.* * http://specials.rediff.com/money/2009/mar/26slide1-ibm-to-fire-5000-us-workers.htm * --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""GLOBAL SPECULATORS"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/globalspeculators?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
