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Microsoft Slashes 5,000 Jobs [Microsoft]
kotaku.com - 1/22/2009
Microsoft Slashes 5,000 Jobs [Microsoft]
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Microsoft is cutting 1,400 jobs today and another 3,600 over the next 18 months in the wake of today's news of a 11 drop in fiscal second-quarter net income, the company announced today. The cuts...

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Gizmodo:  Microsoft Laying Off 5,000, Rumored Mostly From Xbox and Zune Division [Microsoft]

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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Microsoft’s game studios take a beating in layoffs
venturebeat.com - 1/23/2009
Microsoft’s game studios take a beating in layoffs
— venturebeat.com — Amid the news that Microsoft is laying off 5,000 people over the next 18 months, sources report that the game division has taken its share of the beating. Gamasutra reports that the Flight Simulator studio , dubbed ACES, suffered big layoffs ... (more) Microsoft’s game studios take a beating in layoffs

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Microsoft Laying Off 5,000, Rumored Mostly From Xbox and Zune Division [Microsoft]
Gizmodo — ... If the rumor is true, that pisses me off. The E&D; team, home to Xbox and Zune and Media Center, might not be wildly profitable, but it's the division at Microsoft that makes the best stuff. They had sales growth of 3.5 percent this quarter, so they're definitely not losing money. ...

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