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Microsoft cuts up to 5,000 jobs, misses earnings forecasts - Jan. 22, 2009
money.cnn.com - 1/22/2009
Microsoft cuts up to 5,000 jobs, misses earnings forecasts - Jan. 22, 2009
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Software maker Microsoft Corp. announced Thursday it will cut up to 5,000 jobs in the next year and a half, or 5.5% of its global workforce, citing further deterioration of global economic conditions. The company also posted lower fiscal second-quarter earnings that ...
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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Steve Ballmer’s Entire Memo to the Microsoft Troops About Layoffs and Weak Results
kara.allthingsd.com - 1/22/2009
Steve Ballmer’s Entire Memo to the Microsoft Troops About Layoffs and Weak Results
— kara.allthingsd.com — Here is the full memo to employees from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer (pictured here) about the 5,000... layoffs and other cost cuts just announced, due to economic slowdown, which also resulted in weak financial results for the second quarter . It ... (more) Steve Ballmer’s Entire Memo to the Microsoft Troops ...

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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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Joystiq:  Microsoft to cut 5,000 jobs by June 2010

Joystiq [Xbox]:  Microsoft cuts 1,400 jobs, 5,000 total by June 2010

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Microsoft to cut 5,000 jobs by June 2010
Joystiq — ... They may not be quite as sweeping as the rumored 15,000 job losses, but Microsoft did reveal today that the company would cut 1,400 positions immediately, with that number increasing to 5,000 by June of 2010. The cuts, expected to save the company $1.5 ...

Microsoft cuts 1,400 jobs, 5,000 total by June 2010
Joystiq [Xbox] — ... A sign of the economic times, Microsoft just announced that, effective immediately, 1,400 jobs will be cut and a total of 5,000 jobs (around 5.5% of Microsoft's global workforce) will be cut by June 2010. The announcement was made after today's release of lower ...

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Software maker Microsoft announced Thursday it will cut up to 5,000 jobs in the next year and a half, or 5.5% of its global workforce, citing further deterioration of global economic conditions.
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Software maker will also curtail spending on travel and marketing and eliminate raises.