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MSFT Shares Down 8% - Why I Don’t Think it’s Due to Announced Job Cuts or Profit Decline
marketingpilgrim.com - 1/24/2009
MSFT Shares Down 8% - Why I Don’t Think it’s Due to Announced Job Cuts or Profit Decline
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Microsoft missed Wall Street estimates for its quarterly earnings and announced it would cut 5,000 jobs, but I don’t believe either of these two factors play a major role in the 8% share drop this morning. I’ll tell you why and then I’ll tell you what’s really ...
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 ...

Comments vote down Gizmodo found this 1/22/2009found this
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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WebProNews Feed:  Microsoft Ready to Throw Big Bucks at Yahoo Search?

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Microsoft Ready to Throw Big Bucks at Yahoo Search?
WebProNews Feed — ... and missed your Wall Street estimates . What are you going to do now? If you guessed they re going to Disney World, you re wrong. No, according to Steve Ballmer, they re looking to drop some big bucks on Yahoo search. Naturally, Ballmer isn t naming his price quite yet. On the earnings call this week, however, Ballmer made no bones about the future for web search from Microsoft, according to the ...

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