Microsoft to axe 18,000 jobs, 12,500 from Nokia division

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Satya Nadella takes scythe to company's ballooning headcount

Microsoft is to axe 18,000 jobs from across the company, including 12,500 from its newly merged Nokia division, in one of the firm's biggest staff overhauls for many years. Microsoft chief execu...

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