Buyouts are spreading from Microsoft to Oracle and now Google, and layoffs and buyouts across the biggest tech companies have topped 100,000 this year. Microsoft offered buyouts to 60,000 employees, while Oracle cut 21,000 people, about 13% of its staff. According to Reuters, Google has started “voluntary exit packages,” though it remains unclear whether they will stay voluntary. The author warns that if these firms are early signs, the US jobless rate could rise quickly: with a US workforce of 163 million people per the BLS, losing 1.6 million jobs would raise the jobless rate by 1%.
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| Market | US stocks |
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| Sector | Communication Services |
| Industry | Interactive Media & Services |
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