Microsoft moves forward on plan to ax 5,000

Microsoft Corp. is pulling the trigger on thousands of the 5,000 job cuts it announced in January.

When Microsoft announced its first-ever companywide layoffs, the software maker cut 1,400 of the jobs it said it would slash, with the rest coming over an 18-month period..

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Tech earnings reports this week: Show me recovery

Money CNN: IBM, APPLE, YAHOO, MICROSOFT..

As four leaders report earnings this week, analysts say they expect headwinds and will look for how the companies plan to grow when the economy recovers.