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blogs.barrons.com - 1/21/2009
Microsoft Delays Expansion Plans; Job Cuts Next?
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When Microsoft (MSFT) reports earnings after the close on Thursday, the company will unveil a series of cost-cutting measures in response to the slowing economy, including a freeze on new building construction on its headquarters campus in Redmond, according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer . ...
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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Earnings preview: How will Mr. Softy do?
BloggingStocks — ... missive. First, how is Microsoft's Xbox 360 division doing? Did it have a good holiday-selling season? I know, for many, this won't be the segment of most importance, but I want to see if the company is on track to truly grow this brand. It will be proof that Microsoft can make waves in terms of influencing the media culture of the living room, and it will show that it can successfully propagate a big business in a very competitive space that it doesn't monopolize. Second, with the talk about potential job cuts, I want to see exactly how the company plans to reign in costs and ...

Earnings preview: How will Mr. Softy do?
BloggingStocks — ... missive. First, how is Microsoft's Xbox 360 division doing? Did it have a good holiday-selling season? I know, for many, this won't be the segment of most importance, but I want to see if the company is on track to truly grow this brand. It will be proof that Microsoft can make waves in terms of influencing the media culture of the living room, and it will show that it can successfully propagate a big business in a very competitive space that it doesn't monopolize. Second, with the talk about potential job cuts, I want to see exactly how the company plans to reign in costs and ...

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