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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 the end of the year, the company said on Wednesday.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 08 February, 2012 21:23

Tags: Windows Phone, Nokia, Mobile OSes, mobile, layoffs, business issues
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 March.

By Jay Alabaster | 27 January, 2012 21:45

Tags: NEC, layoffs, financial results, business issues
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 billion) from its costs by the end of 2013, the company said Wednesday.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 24 November, 2011 01:31

Tags: Telecommunication, Nokia Siemens, networking, layoffs, business issues, broadband
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 media and digital marketing products, the company said Tuesday.

By James Niccolai | 09 November, 2011 11:47

Tags: software, restructuring, Media player software, layoffs, Graphics / multimedia, financial results, document management, business process management, business issues, applications, Adobe Systems
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 announced Thursday.

By Nancy Gohring | 04 November, 2011 08:04

Tags: processors, layoffs, Components, business issues, Advanced Micro Devices

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Layoff backlash: Five steps to protect your business from angry ex-employees

A senior corporate executive leaves the company, taking with him his framed family photographs, his prized gold pen-and-pencil set -- and the passwords of several hundred employees.

By Julia King | 03 March, 2009 08:17

Tags: disgruntled employees, global recession, layoffs
Crisis for tech workers: Life after layoffs?

Signs everywhere point to the plight of the laid-off tech worker. Tech consultancy BearingPoint files for bankruptcy. Hewlett-Packard's profits plummet. Silicon Valley employment falls for the first time in several years. With daily layoffs and few new jobs available, techies have seen their careers careening off track -- and now they need to reinvent themselves or get off the tech train altogether.

By Tom Kaneshige | 26 February, 2009 09:29

Tags: global recession, it careers, layoffs
Most notable IT layoffs of 2008

A look at this year's job cutbacks at Cisco, HP, Dell, Sun and other top technology companies

By Network World staff | 08 December, 2008 10:14

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