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MSFT Plans First Voluntary Buyout In 51-Year History; Gates Foundation To Slash 20% Of Staff
MSFT Plans First Voluntary Buyout In 51-Year History; Gates Foundation To Slash 20% Of Staff
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First CNBC reports MSFT's first-ever Voluntary Buyout in 51-Year Company History,
Then a report by BBG on Meta planning 10% Workforce Cut, All Within Hours
To note: Reuters First reported Meta's 10% cut late last week (report)
Meta Layoffs
First, Microsoft unveiled a voluntary buyout program, a move that could incentivize thousands of employees to leave.
Now, Meta Platforms has reportedly followed with plans to cut 10% of its workforce. Taken together, today's back-to-back announcements suggest that as Big Tech continues...
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A view of houses in a neighborhood in Los Angeles on July 5, 2022. Frederic Brown/AFP via Getty Images
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Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Department of Education (ED) jointly announced a new partnership under which the Treasury will assume responsibility for collecting on defaulted federal student loan debt, according to a March 19 joint statement from the departments.
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon speaks outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Jan. 13, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
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