3/2/2012 9:10:56 AM

Times Union: Capital Region ducks big blues from cuts

Times Union

ALBANY — The Capital Region — especially the University at Albany's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering — appears to have escaped nearly 1,500 job cuts across North America by IBM.

IBM has a significant presence with hundreds of highly paid scientists at the NanoCollege. The company takes up an entire floor at the school's $150 million NanoFab East building.

And Big Blue also has a large sales force on State Street in downtown Albany.

IBM won't answer questions about the scale or location of the job cuts, which have been estimated by Alliance@IBM, an arm of the Communications Workers of America Local 1701, which represents IBM employees.

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