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Microsoft layoffs hit again

New York City : NY : USA | about 1 month ago  
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  • Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer takes the stage at Windows 7's Launch Party in New York
    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer takes the stage at Windows 7's Launch ...
    Source: Reuters
  • Microsoft CEO Ballmer gives a speech during a news conference in Taipei
    Microsoft CEO Ballmer gives a speech during a news conference in ...
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  • Microsoft CEO Ballmer gestures while giving a speech in Taipei
    Microsoft CEO Ballmer gestures while giving a speech in Taipei
    Source: Reuters
  • Microsoft CEO Ballmer arrives for a speech in Taipei
    Microsoft CEO Ballmer arrives for a speech in Taipei
    Source: Reuters
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer takes the stage at Windows 7's Launch ...
Microsoft said that its quarterly earnings beat analysts’ expectations and its newest operating system, Windows 7 , sprinted out of the gate . This drove up stock prices and lead to thoughts that maybe the worst was behind them. But today we’re reminded of the company’s promise in January to slash...
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  • News Source: International Business Times | about 1 month ago
    Microsoft announced 800 layoffs Wednesday, in what the company hopes will be the last in its recent series of job cuts. In January, when Microsoft announced first announced it will cut 5,000 jobs, CEO Steve Ballmer said they came as Microsoft faced...
  • News Source: India Abroad | about 1 month ago
    The layoffs are expected to be across different locations and businesses. Sources said the number of possible lay-offs could be close to 800. When contacted, a Microsoft India spokesperson said the impact on the company's India headcount would be in...
  • News Source: The News Tribune | about 1 month ago
    Microsoft Corp. began a round of about 800 job cuts Wednesday, exceeding the 5,000 total announced this year as part of its first-ever companywide layoffs. When completed, Microsoft will have eliminated about 5,800 jobs as part of the program, Lou...
  • News Source: Seattle Times | about 1 month ago
    Microsoft reminded Seattle on Wednesday that when it rains, it pours sometimes. The software giant said it's cutting more jobs than expected in a broad, cost-cutting program that began in January, the first major layoffs in its 34-year history. The...
  • News Source: United Press International | about 1 month ago
    U.S. software giant Microsoft said it would lay off 800 workers on top of a previously announced cutback of 5,000 announced in January. "In the ensuing 11 months from January until now, we realized we had to move a little beyond the 5,000, so that...
  • News Source: The Christian Science Monitor | about 1 month ago
    Microsoft said that its quarterly earnings beat analysts’ expectations and its newest operating system, Windows 7 , sprinted out of the gate . This drove up stock prices and lead to thoughts that maybe the worst was behind them. But today we’re...
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  • Blog Source: www.financialpost.com
    Microsoft originally had planned to cut 5000 jobs, or about 5% out of 96000, before June 2010. The Microsoft spokesman said that plan has been expanded with the new layoffs and is now complete, well ahead of schedule. ...
  • Blog Source: www.rss4gadgets.co.uk
    The software maker said the cuts - which come on top of two earlier rounds of redundancies - were the latest part of its plan to cut 5000 jobs worldwide in an attempt to reduce costs. “Today, we are eliminating around 800 positions ... However,
  • Blog Source: www.theepochtimes.com
    The Microsoft layoffs are complete, as the software giant announced that it had cut 800 jobs on Wednesday Nov. 4, in addition to the 5000 layoffs announced in January of this year. "Today, we are eliminating around 800 positions spread ...
  • Blog Source: www.sfnblog.com
    "Some portion of the new cuts will serve as the final phase of the company's original plan, announced in January of this year, to cut up to 5000 jobs over 18 months. However, the new layoffs are expected to take the company beyond the original ...
  • Blog Source: www.techbanyan.com
    Microsoft announced today that they are eliminating another 800 jobs worldwide. This includes several dozen jobs in Massachusetts, and some in Washington state as part of a larger effort to cut costs and increase efficiency. Employees may be told as
  • Blog Source: tecnologia.gfpoint.com
    Microsoft has confirmed that it will be cutting 800 jobs effective today. The jobs will be cut across many different product groups and about a quarter of them will come from the Seattle area. The final 800 cuts complete the ...
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