Microsoft To Cut 1,850 Nokia Jobs, Formerly World’s Largest Cell Phone Maker

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By Douglas A. McIntyre Updated Published

Finland newspaper Helsingin Sanomat reported that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) will cut as many as 1,850 as its phone operation, formerly Nokia.

The huge software company immediately stated that it would take a $950 million impairment charge

A decade ago, Nokia was the largest market of cellphones in the world.

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McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.

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