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Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday May 07, 2007 @06:08PM from the only-time-will-tell dept.

jbrodkin writes "Rumors have been floating around saying IBM will cut 150,000 U.S. jobs, but a Network World story attempts to set the record straight by quoting analysts who say this news, if true, would wipe out the company's entire U.S. operations and would make no sense since IBM is actually doing pretty well."

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Satirewire article: (Score:3, Funny)

by Glowing Fish ( 155236 ) writes: on Monday May 07, 2007 @06:38PM (#19028755) Homepage

Who says that laying off all your employees is impossible?

http://www.satirewire.com/news/att.shtml [satirewire.com]

At first, I remembered this as being an onion article, but actually it wasn't. Although the onion did have:

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28984 [theonion.com]

So there you go!

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Re:Depends on how you define it... (Score:3, Funny)

by bobcat7677 ( 561727 ) writes: on Monday May 07, 2007 @06:47PM (#19028861) Homepage

I wrestled some hogs this past weekend (covered in crisco no less) and can tell you right now: anything designated to wash hogs should be a GOOD THING!

Maybe I am not knowing the meaning of this "hogwash" word you are using...

For those that are wondering, it was a hog wrestling contest at a men's gathering. And yes I did get a Tshirt for doing it! :)

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Re:Not hogwash, not just the US (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday May 07, 2007 @06:49PM (#19028873)

FYI: Posting as Anonymous Coward doesn't work when you give your employer enough information to identify you indirectly.

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Cringley was the one to break this story (Score:4, Funny)

by antifoidulus ( 807088 ) writes: on Monday May 07, 2007 @07:06PM (#19029017) Homepage Journal

and we KNOW he has never been wrong before, he's almost as accurate as Dvorak!

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Re:Lazy Americna perception... (Score:5, Funny)

by terjeber ( 856226 ) writes: on Monday May 07, 2007 @07:54PM (#19029505)

Neither. Shouldn't it be obvious? American Express workers are definitely the hardest workers. They are (clearly) American, and the Express in the name, well, no need to say more...

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Re:When have upper management decisions . . . (Score:2, Funny)

by maxume ( 22995 ) writes: on Monday May 07, 2007 @08:13PM (#19029675)

Just think, if IBM took $10 million and spread it among the 100,000 people they are supposedly laying off, they could pay them each $100. It would be like firing them, except they could buy some new pants.

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Re:Not hogwash, not just the US (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday May 07, 2007 @09:51PM (#19030761)

Our offices here in Winnipeg (Canada) are going to be decimated...

That's ten percent. I'm sympathetic, but it could be worse!

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