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edge-online.com - 1/26/2009
Further Microsoft Layoffs Emerge
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The next wave of Microsoft’s staff cuts have surfaced, with the company axing 30 percent of its game testers as well as key staff behind Games For Windows Live. The most senior member of staff known to be sent home is Chris Early, general Manager of Games For Windows Live. His departure ...

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As Microsoft Trims Game Biz, Senator Wants U.S. Workers Protected
GamePolitics News — ... With recently-announced layoffs pummeling the gaming side of Microsoft's house, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is urging MS to cut visiting foreign workers before sending American citizens to the unemployment line. ...

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