Hardware crunch prompts IBM to furlough workers

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Big Blue unveils latest cost-cutting measure in response to shrivelling hardware sales

The slowdown in the server market has prompted IBM to force most of its US hardware workers to take a week off on lower pay. US workers will take a "furlough" week on one-third pay at the end of...

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