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Even Microsoft Is Weighing Layoffs

Need to trim costs in weak economy has software firm looking at rare cuts

By Jim O'Neill,  Newser User

Posted Jan 15, 2009 9:23 AM CST

(Newser) – Microsoft could be considering the first large-scale layoff in its history, as it looks for ways to trim costs, reports the Wall Street Journal. Up to 15,000 positions are rumored to be at risk—6% of its workforce—but insiders say the cuts, across...   Read full story »

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