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IBM plans $2.5bn charge, layoffs
News IBM began eliminating jobs in the third week of May in the server organisation, followed the next week by services layoffs. IBM's total number of second-quarter layoffs, following a first-quarter sales slowdown, comes to about 5,600, including 1...
[June 5, 2002, 8:47]
Layoffs continue at business software firms
News Software companies Commerce One and Manugistics each announced on Friday plans to cut staff, the latest round of layoffs in a dismal business software market. The layoffs follow a disappointing quarter, in which the company saw sales fall by 14...
[September 27, 2004, 9:25]
Layoffs erode support for the 'HP Way'
News Who is going to say 'no' when layoffs are looming? But a new round of layoffs for the Palo Alto, California-based computer maker could foil the voluntary program, experts say, and taint the seemingly magnanimous work force with a dose of unabashed...
[July 27, 2001, 9:20]
Palm confirms layoffs
News Valleywag reported that the layoffs could involve up to 10 percent of the company's 1,050 employees. A Palm representative confirmed that layoffs were taking place but did not comment on exactly how many people were affected.
[November 24, 2008, 7:59]
Ouch! TurboLinux hit with layoffs
News TurboLinux confirmed the layoffs, first reported by the open-source enthusiast site Slashdot. The main reason we're doing (layoffs) is just market realities," said Johnston in the Slashdot article. You can certainly see in the last month, that that...
[June 1, 2000, 8:46]
IBM begins layoffs
News The layoffs were announced at an employee meeting, he said. The layoffs were widely expected after the company experienced a steep slowdown in first-quarter sales. The layoffs come as no surprise after IBM chief executive Sam Palmisano told Wall...
[May 24, 2002, 14:29]
Microsoft announces 800 more layoffs
News Microsoft said on Wednesday that it is notifying approximately 800 workers that their jobs are being eliminated as the software giant completes the layoffs it announced earlier this year. With the latest cuts, Microsoft said it has essentially...
[November 5, 2009, 8:02]
IBM clocks up more layoffs
News The layoffs, which include some marketing and administrative personnel, affect about 1 percent of IBM Software Group, whose roster of employees numbers about 38,000. IBM's software group has eliminated a small number of jobs in the United States.
[September 26, 2003, 12:45]
Gateway earnings fall way short, announces layoffs
News The job reductions will be a combination of layoffs and the elimination of open positions throughout Gateway's 24,000-person worldwide work force, spokesman John Spelich said. Amid a rapidly deteriorating PC market, Gateway on Thursday reported...
[January 12, 2001, 7:54]
Ballmer's email to employees about layoffs
Blog The following is an e-mail Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sent to the software maker's workers on Thursday, as the company announced poor earnings and major layoffs. From: Steve Ballmer Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 6:07 AM
[January 23, 2009, 13:52]
HP steels itself for massive layoffs
News Despite the prospect of massive layoffs, HP's workers are responding favourably to Hurd, who has been in the post only a few months, the source added. The layoffs are part of chief executive Mark Hurd's cost-cutting measures to bring HP's spending...
[July 15, 2005, 9:25]
AOL to continue layoffs
News The expected layoffs were first reported by The Washington Post. New layoffs would be just the latest restructuring the online company has undergone. Soon after the layoffs, AOL began advertising a job opening for a global program manager to...
[November 3, 2004, 10:33]
Novell announces European layoffs
News The layoffs will take place by the end of October and cost $10m-$12m (£5.6m-£6.8m), primarily in severance costs, the company said in a filing Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The layoffs are the result of a new phase of...
[August 3, 2005, 9:40]
Microsoft layoffs force product cutbacks
News In the wake of additional layoffs, Microsoft is scaling back — but not totally eliminating — several products. After cutting 1,400 jobs in January, Microsoft said on Tuesday that it is cutting more than 3,000 more jobs.
[May 7, 2009, 10:04]
Report: Big Netscape layoffs
News The site said the layoffs could come as early as next week. Four months after offering Netscape employees an extra month's salary to stay with the company, America Online Inc.may be firing some of them.
[March 22, 1999, 8:51]
Caldera layoffs include key programmer
News The 51 employees who lost their jobs in the latest round of layoffs at Caldera International include a programmer who helped lead a key part of the company's strategy of making its Linux and Unix operating systems work in the same way.
[September 14, 2001, 17:10]
Intel confirms marketing and IT layoffs
News As previously reported by ZDNet UK, the layoffs primarily hit the marketing and information technology departments. That number includes several layoffs and divestitures already announced by the company, including the pending departure of 1,000...
[September 6, 2006, 8:40]
Sun warns of layoffs, earnings shortfall
News Sun blamed consolidation in the computer industry and, in keeping with a number of other tech companies, the 11 September terrorist attacks for its reduced estimates and layoffs. Sun also said Friday it will take a charge of around $500m in the...
[October 5, 2001, 15:18]
Yahoo begins layoffs
News Most of the approximately 1,500 layoffs affect employees at Yahoo's US-based locations and come from a number of areas within the company, the company said. Williams, however, declined to elaborate on which areas of Yahoo's business suffered the...
[December 11, 2008, 7:22]
Napster issues first round of layoffs
News Tuesday's layoffs were a sign that ongoing legal fees, development costs and years without appreciable revenues are taking their toll on the company's fragile bottom line. We do not foresee any additional layoffs in the future, and we are committed...
[October 25, 2001, 10:07]
