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Microsoft Layoffs: There’s a First Time for Everything
digitaldaily.allthingsd.com - 1/21/2009
Microsoft Layoffs: There’s a First Time for Everything
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Large workforce reductions have never really been a part of Microsoft’s (MSFT) culture. In its 34 year history, it’s never undergone cuts of the sort that it’s rumored to have been considering since last December. Well, there’s a first time for everything. And ...
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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GigaOM Network:  4 Bellwether Earnings Reports Will Predict Tech’s Future [GigaOM]

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4 Bellwether Earnings Reports Will Predict Tech’s Future [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network — ... sales of $17.1 billion and a profit of 49 cents a share. It’s also expected to announce, for the first time ever, a big round of layoffs. ...

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