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Sun axes 1,500 jobs

31 March 2009 • 1 min read

Tech vendor embarks on more staff cuts as recession deepens

Sun wields job axe again Sun Microsystems has confirmed it plans to cut 1,500 jobs, as part of the 6,000 it announced last November. In a statement Sun said: "We can confirm that today additi...

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