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Analyst: Microsoft likely to cut 6-8% of staff

Analyst Sid Parakh of Seattle's McAdams Wright Ragen forecasts that Microsoft is likely to cut between 6 percent and 8 percent of its work force. Our own Joseph Tartakoff pressed him for details on how he reached that conclusion.

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