Microsoft to lay off 7,800 workers

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Wednesday, July 8, 2015
This July 3, 2014 photo shows Microsoft Corp. signage outside the Microsoft Visitor Center in Redmond, Wash.(AP Photo Ted S. Warren)
This July 3, 2014 photo shows Microsoft Corp. signage outside the Microsoft Visitor Center in Redmond, Wash.(AP Photo Ted S. Warren)
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CHICAGO (WLS) -- More job cuts are coming to Microsoft.

The tech giant says that up to 7,800 people will be laid off.

Most of those are with Microsoft's smartphone hardware business.

The cuts represent about 7 percent of the company's total workforce.