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		<title>Microsoft layoffs part deux: Coming soon</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/09/17/microsoft-layoffs-part-deux-coming-soon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2014 15:33:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barb Darrow]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It looks like Microsoft is going to finish up promised layoffs on Thursday as it continues to reshape its board of directors.]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft to tighten up use of outside contractors and consultants</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/07/21/microsoft-to-tighten-up-use-of-outside-contractors-and-consultants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2014 12:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's not only Microsoft salaried employees who have to worry about their jobs. Contractors and consultants also face new restrictions, according to a Geekwire report.]]></description>
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		<title>Xbox franchise gets caught up in Microsoft layoffs after all</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/07/17/xbox-franchise-gets-caught-up-in-microsoft-layoffs-after-all/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2014 18:22:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barb Darrow]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Xbox Entertainment Studios, which was to lead the charge into interactive video and other non-gaming content,  will be closed as part of broader Microsoft layoffs. ]]></description>
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		<title>Looking at post-cuts Microsoft: Who&#8217;s safe, who&#8217;s not?</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/07/17/looking-at-post-cut-microsoft-whos-safe-whos-not/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2014 14:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Depending on how you define Microsoft's new "core" areas, employees in Qi Lu's or Scott Guthrie's groups are relatively safe. Those working on Windows client stuff? Maybe not.]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft layoffs: 18K jobs to be cut</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/07/17/microsoft-layoffs-thursdays-the-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2014 11:39:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow. Just wow. The long-reported Microsoft job cuts are here and they are deeper than expected. Microsoft will eliminate 18,000 jobs over the next year and consolidate its phone efforts.]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft stock rises on talk of layoffs, reduced focus on devices</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/07/15/microsoft-stock-rises-on-talk-of-layoffs-reduced-focus-on-devices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2014 15:17:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Big layoffs are something that only Wall Street and shareholders could love, and that's why Microsoft's stock was up Tuesday.]]></description>
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