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Microsoft lays off 18,000, including half of Nokia, in largest-ever job cuts

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Microsoft lays off 18,000, including half of Nokia, in largest-ever job cuts

07.17.2014 7:28 AM

Half of the recently acquired Nokia employees are being let go.

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Microsoft may announce its biggest layoffs ever on Thursday

07.16.2014 5:00 PM

The action will be much bigger than the 5,800 job cuts announced in 2009, The New York Times said

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Microsoft's Android experiment is over

07.17.2014 8:09 AM

The Android-based Nokia X is being killed, but cheaper Lumia smartphones will live on. They'll just be running Windows Phone.

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