Microsoft’s Exit From Smartphone Business Moves Into High Gear
- Company is axing about 1,350 jobs in Finland handset division
- This month Microsoft sold its old-school phone business
Microsoft May Cut 1,850 Jobs
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Microsoft Corp. has all but abandoned the smartphone game.
The company said Wednesday that it will ax as many as 1,850 jobs, many of them in Finland -- home base of the handset business Microsoft acquired two years ago from Nokia Oyj.