Layoffs
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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
Layoffs loom for M'sian electronics sector
News One of the pillars of Malaysia's economy, its electronic and electrical sector has become a double-edged sword during the current global slowdown.
Tags: Sales/revenue, Layoffs, Business planning, Trends, Intel Corp., Western Digital Corp., Electronics, Manufacturing, Chip Company, Electronics Sector
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
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
More layoffs coming to Yahoo?
News The embattled Internet search pioneer could lay off hundreds of employees in what would be its third round of cuts in a little more than a year.
Tags: Layoffs, Yahoo! Inc., advertising partnership, layoff, co-founder, recession, New York Times Co., financial, Jerry Yang, partnership
Palm orders layoffs as Apple and RIM take toll
News The job cuts come as Palm works to get its next-generation operating system ready to compete with Apple, RIM, and the rest of the smartphone market in 2009.
Tags: Layoffs, PalmOS compatibles, Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Mobile, Research In Motion Ltd., operating system, layoff, Palm OS, mobile operating system
LinkedIn traffic grows
News With the economy in a tailspin, the business-networking site has seen a sharp jump in traffic in recent months, TechCrunch reports.
Tags: Layoffs, Forecasting, market research company, layoff, Forecasting, ComScore Networks Inc., TechCrunch, job, LinkedIn, Layoffs
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
Report: Oracle cuts workforce by 500
News The company has made staff cuts in its North American sales and consulting areas, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
Tags: Business applications, Layoffs, Workforce, layoff, Consulting, recession, net profit, News.com, Oracle Corp., revenue
EA cutting 1,100 jobs
News In its Q3 earnings, the video game giant gave more information about layoffs it first announced in October. But instead of 10 percent, it's 11 percent.
Tags: Layoffs, Games, Microsoft Corp., Video Game, Workforce, Video Game Industry, Video, layoff, Electronic Arts Inc., job
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.
HP plans 5,700 job cuts in Europe, Mid East and Africa
News The hardware giant says thousands of employee positions will be terminated in Europe, Middle East and Africa over the next two years.
Tags: Layoffs, Hewlett-Packard Co., Spokesperson, Europe, layoff, Server, Germany, Scotland, job, revenue
Tech layoffs up nearly 75 percent in 2008
News Nearly three-quarters of the U.S. cuts came during the last six months, bringing unemployment in the industry to levels not seen since 2003, says new report.
Tags: Layoffs, Challenger Gray & Christmas Inc., Electronics, Technology Sector, Unemployment, Telecommunications, San Mateo, Computer, layoff, Santa Clara
STMicro reports quarterly loss, lays off 4,500
News The semiconductor manufacturer has announced the redundancies as part of a cost-cutting drive, but it is not yet clear how many cuts will take place in the United Kingdom.
Tags: Layoffs, Sales/revenue, Forecasting, Semiconductor, Quarterly Loss, Computer, layoff, Forecasting, semiconductor maker, STMicroelectronics
Seagate lays off 1,100 employees
News Hard-drive maker lays off 1,100 employees, or 2.5 percent of its global workforce in an effort to save US$120 million annually.
Tags: Layoffs, Western Digital Corp., Seagate Technology LLC, layoff, organizational structure, product development, cost reduction, Pittsburgh, Layoffs, termination
