Microsoft cuts 3,000 jobs, rounding out July plan

Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) said on Wednesday it cut about 3,000 jobs, effectively completing its plan to reduce its workforce by 18,000, or 14 percent of total staff, announced in July. The majority of the 18,000 job cuts were in the phone handset business Microsoft acquired from Nokia (NOK1V.HE) earlier this year. “We’ve taken another step that will complete almost all the 18,000 reductions announced in July," said a Microsoft spokesman. He said 638 of Wednesday's cuts were in Microsoft's home state of Washington, where it has its Redmond headquarters.

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