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Last July, the company said it would slash 18,000 positions in its biggest-ever layoff, most coming from the Nokia acquisition; that included staffers at Xbox Entertainment Studios, which Microsoft shuttered two years after its formation.

“In the near term, we’ll run a more effective and focused phone portfolio business while retaining capability for long-term reinvention in mobility”. Such ambitions haven’t worked so far, with Windows Phone unable to gain meaningful traction against iOS...

WASHINGTON – Microsoft will cut 7,800 jobs and reorganise its Windows Phone unit, which has struggled in the mobile market.