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STMicro is laying off 4,500 people - one in ten of its workforce - and won't provide revenue guidance for next year until the market is clearer. The company will cut $700m from expenses in 2009 by slashing jobs and "resizing" manufacturing operations. STMicro makes chips for industrial applications, set-top boxes and cars. …

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  1. Doug Glass
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    Huh?

    Not enough fanboys buying the latest cutting-edge high end gizmos? Damn, imagine that.

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  2. Alistair
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    @Doug Glass

    To quote the article "STMicro makes chips for industrial applications, set-top boxes and cars."

    That's a real company than employs real people, designs and makes real things, all of which are used by other manufacturers of real things. This is the real economy, stupid.

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