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February 17, 2012
KPLU Local News
KPLU Local News
Microsoft Cuts Hard Pill for Local Economy
(2009-01-22)
(KPLU) - It's a dramatic headline. For the first time in its corporate history, Microsoft has announced major layoffs. Five thousand of the company's employees will lose their jobs over the next year and a half. But as KPLU business and labor reporter Bellamy Pailthorp explains, it could be a lot worse.

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