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Sun Microsystems reducing staff by 18%, cutting 6,000 jobs

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Computing | by C.K. Sample III | Fri Nov 14, 2008 9:39AM | 0 comments

 Sun Microsystems has announced that in order to cut costs, it will be cutting 6,000 jobs which is the equivalent of an 18% reduction of the company's worldwide staff.

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