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• Biggest tech industry layoffs of 2012

  By Bob Brown | 30 May, 2012 20:25

  Research in Motion, reeling as its BlackBerry takes a beating from the Apple iPhone and assorted Android smartphones, is expected to lay off anywhere from 2000 to 6000 employees to cut costs and turn around its financial fortunes. While the exact number of layoffs from RIM's 16,000-plus staff remains to be confirmed, the restructured company appears headed for a high rank on this year's list of tech industry layoffs.

• RIM said to plan to lay off 2000 staff

  By John Ribeiro | 28 May, 2012 04:29

  Research In Motion, the ailing maker of the BlackBerry, is planning to cut at least 2000 staff as part of a global restructuring plan, according to reports.

• UPDATED: HP slashes 27,000 jobs as part of restructuring program

  By Agam Shah | 23 May, 2012 20:52

  It's official. Hewlett-Packard will cut 27,000 employees as part of its long-term restructuring plan, the company said when it announced quarterly financial results.

• Analysis: HP's layoff plans and what they mean

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 19 May, 2012 07:28

  You gotta love Silicon Valley. The Facebook IPO is creating dozens and dozens of new millionaires. Apple, thanks to the iPhone and iPad, has seen its employment nearly double in two years.

• HP plans massive layoff, say reports

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 19 May, 2012 03:37

  The last time Hewlett-Packard Co. announced a layoff of 25,000 people, it was on the same day that Lehman Brothers collapsed and the stock market nose-dived. That was in September 2008.

• Yahoo's new CEO lays out strategy for smaller, more focused company

  By Cameron Scott | 18 April, 2012 11:19

  Yahoo plans to cut about 50 properties and refocus on its core business, CEO Scott Thompson said in an earnings call on Tuesday.

• Detroit makes pitch for ousted Yahoo employees

  By Cameron Scott | 10 April, 2012 05:15

  Quicken Loans and two affiliated Detroit venture capital firms have issued a call for the roughly 2,000 Yahoo employees who received pink slips last week to move to the Motor City to bolster the blighted city's efforts at revitalization.

• Report: Sony to cut 10,000 jobs as part of restructuring efforts

  By Jay Alabaster | 09 April, 2012 17:05

  Sony will cut 10,000 jobs globally, or about 6 per cent of its workforce, this year as part of a restructuring plan under its new president, according to Japan's largest business paper.

• SAP China execs depart after internal probe

  By Chris Kanaracus | 27 March, 2012 03:56

  Five executives in SAP's China operations have either left the company or are taking a leave of absence after an internal probe uncovered wrongdoing, SAP confirmed Monday.

• AT&T exec blames FCC for T-Mobile layoffs

  By Brad Reed | 24 March, 2012 06:25

  James Cicconi knows whom T-Mobile workers should blame for their company's recently announced layoffs: the FCC.

• T-Mobile to lay off nearly 2,000 call center workers

  By Nancy Gohring | 23 March, 2012 09:22

  A T-Mobile call center consolidation will cost 1,900 people their jobs, as the company works through a restructuring following the failure of AT&T's proposed acquisition of the smaller operator.

• Yahoo layoffs would indicate company direction

  By Cameron Scott | 06 March, 2012 11:12

  Rumored layoffs at Yahoo could offer a clue as to how the company's new CEO, Scott Thompson, plans to redirect the stumbling Internet giant.

• Nokia will lay off 4000 and move more manufacturing to Asia

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 08 February, 2012 21:23

  Nokia has decided to move more of its manufacturing to Asia, and will lay off approximately 4,000 workers at three factories in Europe and Mexico by the end of the year, the company said on Wednesday.

• NEC to cut 10,000 workers, forecasts $US1.3 billion loss in year through March

  By Jay Alabaster | 27 January, 2012 21:45

  NEC said it will cut 10,000 jobs, including 3,000 outside of Japan, and it now forecasts a US$1.3 billion loss in the current fiscal year through March.

• Nokia Siemens to slash 17,000 jobs worldwide

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 24 November, 2011 01:31

  Struggling network infrastructure vendor Nokia Siemens Networks is planning to cut 17,000 jobs worldwide, as it aims to cut €1 billion (US$1.35 billion) from its costs by the end of 2013, the company said Wednesday.