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IBM cuts 600 jobs in chip unit

Amid continued sluggishness in its chipmaking business, IBM has cut more than 600 jobs, with most of the losses affecting at a plant in Vermont.

About 500 of the jobs being eliminated are at a plant near Burlington, Vt., with the rest scattered among the company's other IBM Microelectronics facilities in the United States, the company said Monday. In addition, Big Blue is requiring a number of employees in its chipmaking unit, including top executives, to take a week of unpaid leave.

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but, they'll boost their workforce

in india to 10,000 by months end
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