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blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com - 1/22/2009
Majority of today's Microsoft job cuts to be in Redmond; total reduction is roughly 3 percent
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A Microsoft spokeswoman confirmed via e-mail this morning that "the majority" of the 1,400 job cuts Microsoft is announcing today are in Redmond, "consistent with the high concentration of employees based at our headquarters in the Puget Sound area." Beyond that initial blow, the company's ...
Report: Microsoft Makes Big Cuts At Flight Sim Studio
gamasutra.com - 1/23/2009
Report: Microsoft Makes Big Cuts At Flight Sim Studio
— gamasutra.com — divider January 23, 2009 Report: Microsoft Makes Big Cuts At Flight Sim Studio Report: Microsoft Makes Big... Cuts At Flight Sim Studio Redmond, Washington-based ACES Studio, the Microsoft-owned internal group behind the venerable Microsoft Flight ... (more) Report: Microsoft Makes Big Cuts At Flight Sim Studio

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Where are the Microsoft cuts falling? | All about Microsoft
blogs.zdnet.com - 1/22/2009
Where are the Microsoft cuts falling? | All about Microsoft
— blogs.zdnet.com — January 22nd, 2009 Where are the Microsoft cuts falling? Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 8:49 am... Categories: Windows client , Windows Live , Corporate strategy , Office , Zune , Xbox , Utility/cloud computing Tags: Steve Ballmer , Microsoft Corp. , Team ... (more) Where are the Microsoft cuts falling? | All about ...

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reuters.com - 1/21/2009
Microsoft expected to cut jobs | Technology
— reuters.com — NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is expected to post a quarterly profit that misses its own... target and announce thousands of job cuts this week as the global economic slump hurts even the technology industry's biggest players. When the ... (more) Microsoft expected to cut jobs | Technology

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Microsoft Cuts To Be Centered On Redmond HQ (MSFT)
Silicon Alley Insider — ... Seattle Times' Pri0: A Microsoft spokeswoman confirmed via e-mail this morning that "the majority" of the 1,400 job cuts Microsoft is announcing today are in Redmond, "consistent with the high concentration of employees based at our headquarters in the Puget Sound area." ...

Microsoft Layoffs To Be Centered On Redmond HQ (MSFT)
Silicon Alley Insider — ... Seattle Times' Pri0: A Microsoft spokeswoman confirmed via e-mail this morning that "the majority" of the 1,400 job cuts Microsoft is announcing today are in Redmond, "consistent with the high concentration of employees based at our headquarters in the Puget Sound area." ...

Microsoft Layoffs 2009: 5,000 Jobs Cut
The Inquisitr » Technology — ... The Microsoft job cuts will span across several departments, including research and development, marketing, sales, finance, legal, human resources, and IT. The first round of cuts will occur today with the elimination of 1,400 positions. The majority of the Microsoft layoffs will come from the company’s Redmond headquarters. ...

Tech earnings: the weak in review
GMSV — ... that fell short of forecasts and announced the first mass layoffs in its history 1,400 today, with 3,600 more coming over the next 18 months. The majority of the immediate cuts are expected to be close to home in the Redmond area , and members of the Entertainment and Devices unit are among those ...

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