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Lenovo, Microsoft layoff rumors swirl
News Amid pessimism surrounding the economic situation, more rumors of layoffs within companies including Lenovo and Microsoft have surfaced online.
Tags: Layoffs, Budgeting/cost control, Microsoft Corp., Workforce, Asia-Pacific, layoff, Lenovo Group Ltd., Worker, CNBC, job
Creative Technology slices 2,700 jobs
News Axeing more than half the size of its 2007 workforce, the Singaporean music device maker says the retrenchment exercise was focused on a Malaysian subsidiary.
Tags: Budgeting/cost control, Layoffs, Creative Technology Ltd., Manufacturing, Workforce, Spokesperson, Singapore, layoff, e-mail, technology company
Microsoft planning big layoffs for January?
News The latest rumor puts the possible job cuts at 15,000, or nearly 17 percent of Microsoft's worldwide operations, with MSN getting hit hard.
Tags: Human resources, Budgeting/cost control, Business structures, Microsoft Corp., Sales, console sale, layoff, Fudzilla, Blodget, Middle East
Microsoft cuts 800 more jobs
News The latest workers to have their jobs eliminated are being notified, in what Microsoft said completes personnel reductions announced earlier this year.
Tags: Layoffs, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Money, Microsoft Corp., job, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Windows Live OneCare, Small Business, layoff, Silicon Valley
MySpace names its first chief financial officer
News The News Corp. social network hires Mark Rosenbaum as CFO less than a week after it announced a new chief technology officer.
Tags: Web 2.0, Facebook, MySpace, Web 2.0, CFO, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, News Corp., layoff, chief technology officer, co-founder
Yahoo layoffs to spread to France
News The Internet pioneer's cut of 1,520 employees globally will likely hit about 50 people in France.
Tags: Search, Layoffs, Yahoo! Inc., layoff, Paidcontent.org, job, News.com, Agence France-Presse, U.S., blog
Autodesk to cut 750 jobs, lowers earnings outlook
News Software maker plans to erase about 10 percent of its workforce. The move comes as it lowers its earnings outlook, and its executive chairwoman leaves to become Yahoo's CEO.
Tags: Layoffs, Recruiting, Sales/revenue, Autodesk Inc., Earnings Outlook, Workforce, Yahoo! Inc., non-GAAP, chairwoman, layoff
Yahoo offers severance with a soft landing
News Company offers a twist on the typical cut-loose package doled out by most companies, according to sources.
Tags: Web sites, Domain names, Search, Workforce, Yahoo! Inc., accrual, payroll, layoff, payment, News.com
Europe Yahoo chief joins exodus
News Toby Coppel is expected to announce he is stepping down from his position as executive vice president and managing director of Europe and Canada.
Tags: Domain names, Internet advertising, Product development and design, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Europe, layoff, Toby Coppel, product development, net income
IBM job cuts hit applications services unit, says union
News Company hands out pink slips to 1,674, part of a larger round of layoffs expected to affect up to 5,000 people in its Global Business Services unit, according to Alliance@IBM.
Tags: Human resources, IBM Corp., UBS AG, Applications Services Business, Alliance@IBM, layoff, Consulting, job, America, revenue
Microsoft to release .NET Micro Framework code
News The technology, aimed at portable devices such as wristwatches, will get a new business model following a round of layoffs that affected its developer team.
Tags: Software engineering/development, Business development/management, Microsoft Corp., Open Source, layoff, Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft .NET, FM-radio, Microsoft .NET Framework, MSN
Yahoo plans layoff after profit plunges
News Several hundred employees will lose jobs in coming weeks as the online pioneer tries to change course.
Tags: Earning reports/forecasts, Layoffs, Yahoo! Inc., Internet Search Advertising, cost control, layoff, Advertisement, cost management, cost reduction, net income
Sources confirm Apple laid off salespeople last week
News An Apple spokesman twice denied reports that the company laid off enterprise sales staff, but sources say that they lost their jobs last week.
Tags: Consumer Technology, Layoffs, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Sales, Cupertino, sales strategy, layoff, CEO, CNET Networks Inc.
Sun to layoff 2,500 worldwide
News Sun Microsystems has served up 1,000 pink slips to its employees across Canada and the United States; further job cuts to include Europe, Asia and Latin America.
Tags: Layoffs, Europe, Sun Microsystems Inc., layoff, Latin America, Canada, job, U.S., Microsoft Word, Layoffs
Yahoo to chop at least 1,400 jobs
News The company's net income dropped 64 percent in the last year, and layoffs of at least 10 percent are coming by year's end.
Tags: Layoffs, Sales/revenue, Online Advertising, Yahoo! Inc., Internet Search Advertising, layoff, Advertisement, cost management, net income, job
