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Protesters Urge IBM to Stem Tide of Offshoring.

By Andrea L. Stape, Providence Journal, R.I. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Apr. 28--PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Megaphone in hand, Linda Guyer yelled out a battle cry at the top of her lungs: "Offshore the CEO!"

"Offshore the CEO!" the crowd of about 50 yelled back.

"What do we want?" she shouted. "Our jobs back!" came the reply.

Standing in front of the Rhode Island Convention Center yesterday while IBM Corp.'s shareholders meeting wound down inside, Guyer was trying to whip up a crowd of protesters, unhappy with IBM's decision to mo

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