Microsoft cuts 800 more jobs for total of 5,800 layoffs this year, but adds 2,000 positions

May 5th, 2009 Microsoft moves forward on plan to lay off 5,000 SEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday it is pulling the trigger on thousands of the 5,000 job cuts it announced earlier this year.

October 20th, 2009 Sun Microsystems slashing up to 3,000 jobsSAN FRANCISCO — Sun Microsystems Inc. plans to eliminate up to 3,000 jobs over the next year as it awaits a takeover by Oracle Corp.

August 20th, 2009 Accenture laying off some 336 executivesNEW YORK — Business consultant and outsourcing company Accenture says it will cut some 336 senior-level executive positions as part of a broad-based restructuring effort. The layoffs total about 7 percent of Accenture Ltd.'s 4,800 senior executives.

October 20th, 2009 Sun Microsystems slashing up to 3,000 jobs, 10 pctSAN FRANCISCO — Sun Microsystems Inc. plans to eliminate up to 3,000 jobs as it awaits a takeover by Oracle Corp., a deal that is being held up by antitrust regulators in Europe.

April 22nd, 2009 Yahoo's feeble 1Q triggers nearly 700 more layoffs Yahoo Inc.'s first-quarter results tread familiar ground as the Internet company's financial erosion triggered another round of layoffs and management promised better days ahead. With its three-year slump worsening, Yahoo said Tuesday that it will lay off nearly 700 workers.

March 27th, 2009 TORONTO - IBM Canada, which has 19,600 employees on its rolls, announced Thursday that it is axing a number of jobs to contain costs. The US software giant, which is reportedly in the process of laying off 5,000 staff in America and transferring a lot of them to India, said the Canadian cuts will affect the staff from customer care positions to executives.

July 21st, 2009 US chip maker Intel cutting 300 jobs in IrelandDUBLIN — One of Ireland's largest employers, computer chip maker Intel Corp., announced Tuesday it plans to lay off 294 people — or 6 percent of its Irish work force — in the latest blow to Ireland's unraveling economy. Intel, which employs nearly 5,000 people chiefly in the west Dublin commuter town of Leixlip, said it had no choice but to trim its Ireland operations because of lower-than-expected demand for its new generation of computer microprocessors.

September 30th, 2009 Lawson Software reports fiscal 1st-qtr profitST. PAUL, Minn. — Lawson Software Inc.

October 23rd, 2009 Microsoft sales fall; cost cuts please investorsSEATTLE — Consumers may be shopping for computers again, but Microsoft Corp. still needs businesses to start doing the same.

October 23rd, 2009 Windows plan lowers Microsoft profit but shares upSEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. said Friday its net income fell 18 percent in the last quarter, largely because it deferred revenue when it let summertime PC buyers get free upgrades to Windows 7, which was released this week.

March 26th, 2009 WASHINGTON - International Business Machines (IBM) Corp. plans to lay off about 5,000 US employees, with many of the jobs being transferred to India, a media report said Thursday.

February 27th, 2009 BANGALORE - Software multinationals in India have begun freezing wage increases, slashing salaries and postponing merit-based hikes, a study by Indian consulting firm Zinnov has found. 'Though Bangalore stands highest in its average salary for multinational R&D firms, followed by Pune and Chennai, the economic slump is causing undue pressure on them to retain compensation levels,' Zinnov director for advisory services C.S.

December 29th, 2008 After Google and Yahoo, now its time for Microsoft it seems. Well to be very fair, you can not be immune to this recession.

January 21st, 2009 NEW YORK - Software giant Microsoft announced Thursday plans to slash up to 5,000 jobs as the company faces the effects of the world economic crisis. It would be the first job reductions ever in the company's history.

February 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - IBM is offering its laid off employees in North America a chance to take a job with the company in India, Nigeria, Russia or other countries through Project Match, a media report said. Citing an internal company document CNN said its Project Match will help interested workers whose jobs are on the chopping block to 'identify potential opportunities in growth markets and facilitate consideration by hiring managers in those markets.' The company also will help with moving costs and provide visa assistance, it says.