Microsoft Cuts Another 800 Jobs

Nov 4th, 2009 - Wall Street Journal

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Microsoft Corp. announced 800 layoffs Wednesday, expanding the scale of a cost-reduction program it announced at the beginning of the year.

Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft said in January that it planned to eliminate 5,000 jobs by 2010 but has now expanded the program by 800 jobs, a spokesman said. The most recent cuts are expected to bring to a close the first major round of layoffs in the company's 34-year history.

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