"About 10,000 of IBM's workers will become Lenovo employees as part of the deal."
This means that China is now instantly 'outsourcing' jobs to America!
These numbers will be added into next years statistics thus demonstrating that all is well with the world.
...for the next few years.
Maybe you don't know how to read PR statements, but examine VERY closely the Q&A with the IBM flak, and you'll find that in about 5 years the 'support' function will be largely new employees.
Granted, they will be working in the USA.
But Research Triangle employees? They are history.
Wanna start subtracting "US-based jobs"?