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• HP poised to cut up to 30,000 jobs

  Hewlett-Packard is reportedly poised to eliminate up to 30,000 jobs to help offset dwindling demand for personal computers as more people connect to the Internet on smartphones and tablets.

• Optus job cuts may affect services: Union

  Plans to slash 750 jobs at Optus will result in poorer customer service and could lead to jobs being sent offshore, the communications union has warned.

• Optus cuts 750 jobs

  Telco giant Optus is slashing 750 jobs as part of a restructure.

• Qantas flags job cuts amid profit decline

  Investors have given the tick of approval to Qantas Airways' plans to reduce costs through staff cuts and deferring aircraft orders, sending the stock up to a near three-month high.

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  10,000 banking jobs to go by 2014: Union

  Over 10,000 jobs could disappear from the banking sector in as little as two years as the big four continue to axe positions while they lift interest rates independently of the Reserve Bank.

• Blackberry maker to cut 2000 jobs

  BlackBerry maker Research In Motion is cutting 2000 jobs as part of a cost savings plan announced last month and is shuffling some senior executives.

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  More call centre jobs cut as Telstra ends Vertex contract

  Up to 250 jobs will be dismissed at a call centre in East Bentleigh, Melbourne operated by global information and communication company, Vertex, following the ending of a major contract with Telstra (ASX: TLS).

• Latest Telstra cuts likely not the last: Union

  Telstra’s latest round of job cuts are unlikely to be the last for the current financial year, a union representative for the telco has warned.

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  Labor senator slams Telstra job cuts

  A Labor senator has slammed Telstra's reported plan to slash 6000 jobs, saying the telco giant and other big companies owe it to the government to keep people in work.

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  Telstra yet to confirm scope of job cuts

  Telstra Corporation says it has not confirmed how many jobs will be cut under its plan to simplify its business, as unions demand more information from the telco giant.

• iSOFT to lay off 800 staff

  Australian e-health giant iSOFT (ASX:ISF) will lay off 800 staff, constituting 17 percent of its total workforce, over the next financial year in a bid to halt its sliding financial fortunes.

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  Telstra takes the axe to executive team, senior management next

  Four months after shaking up its executive team look, Telstra (ASX:TLS) has taken the axe to 30 staff with another 300 to go.

• HP job cuts point to shifting IT skills

  Hewlett-Packard Co. today said it is cutting 9,000 jobs, but also plans to hire 6,000 new workers as part of shift to highly automated data centers that rely less on people with hands-on IT skills and more on those with sales and delivery expertise.

• HP to cut 9,000 jobs, automate enterprise service business

  Hewlett-Packard has announced plans to cut 9,000 jobs as it restructures its enterprise services business and automates the services it offers enterprise customers.

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  Opposition sticks to public sector job cuts plan

  The Federal Opposition is sticking by its Budget 2010 Reply promise to slash public service jobs in an effort to reign in spending, despite industry warnings that it could negatively affect ICT skills in the sector.