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• Article | 28/05/2012 RIM said to plan to lay off 2000 staff

  Research In Motion, the ailing maker of the BlackBerry, is planning to cut at least 2000 staff as part of a global restructuring plan, according to re...
• Article | 23/05/2012 UPDATED: HP slashes 27,000 jobs as part of restructuring program

  It's official. Hewlett-Packard will cut 27,000 employees as part of its long-term restructuring plan, the company said when it announced quarterly fin...
• Article | 18/04/2012 Yahoo's new CEO lays out strategy for smaller, more focused company

  Yahoo plans to cut about 50 properties and refocus on its core business, CEO Scott Thompson said in an earnings call on Tuesday.
• Article | 10/04/2012 Detroit makes pitch for ousted Yahoo employees

  Quicken Loans and two affiliated Detroit venture capital firms have issued a call for the roughly 2,000 Yahoo employees who received pink slips last w...
• Article | 9/04/2012 Report: Sony to cut 10,000 jobs as part of restructuring efforts

  Sony will cut 10,000 jobs globally, or about 6 per cent of its workforce, this year as part of a restructuring plan under its new president, according...
• Article | 27/03/2012 SAP China execs depart after internal probe

  Five executives in SAP's China operations have either left the company or are taking a leave of absence after an internal probe uncovered wrongdoing, ...
• Article | 23/03/2012 T-Mobile to lay off nearly 2,000 call center workers

  A T-Mobile call center consolidation will cost 1,900 people their jobs, as the company works through a restructuring following the failure of AT&T...
• Article | 6/03/2012 Yahoo layoffs would indicate company direction

  Rumored layoffs at Yahoo could offer a clue as to how the company's new CEO, Scott Thompson, plans to redirect the stumbling Internet giant.
• Article | 8/02/2012 Nokia will lay off 4000 and move more manufacturing to Asia

  Nokia has decided to move more of its manufacturing to Asia, and will lay off approximately 4,000 workers at three factories in Europe and Mexico by t...
• Article | 27/01/2012 NEC to cut 10,000 workers, forecasts $US1.3 billion loss in year through March

  NEC said it will cut 10,000 jobs, including 3,000 outside of Japan, and it now forecasts a US$1.3 billion loss in the current fiscal year through Mar...
• Article | 24/11/2011 Nokia Siemens to slash 17,000 jobs worldwide

  Struggling network infrastructure vendor Nokia Siemens Networks is planning to cut 17,000 jobs worldwide, as it aims to cut €1 billion (US$1.35 billio...
• Article | 9/11/2011 Adobe to reduce enterprise software investment

  Adobe will cut 750 jobs and reduce its investment in enterprise software as part of a broader plan to target the fast-growing markets for digital medi...
• Article | 4/11/2011 AMD to lay off 10 percent of global workforce

  AMD plans to lay off 10 per cent of its global workforce and will terminate "existing contractual commitments" in a plan to cut costs, the company ann...
• Article | 1/11/2011 Motorola to lay off 800 more workers

  Motorola Mobility will lay off 800 people, the latest in a string of worker reductions at the handset maker, as it prepares to become part of Google.
• Article | 29/09/2011 Nokia lays off 3,500 employees

  Nokia is planning to lay off an additional 3,500 employees, as the company continues to restructure after announcing its decision to focus on Microsof...