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  "id": 16628383,
  "title": "Microsoft is offering buyouts to around 60,000 employees, Business Insider reports",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/microsoft-is-offering-buyouts-to-around-60-000-employees-business-16628383",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-26T16:54:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40446004/microsoft-is-offering-buyouts-to-around-60000-employees-business-insider-reports"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to approximately 60,000 employees across key divisions such as AI experiences, Copilot, finance, human resources, Xbox, and Windows + Devices, Business Insider reported. The program, which excludes marketing, commercial business, and security units, is available to eligible employees in participating teams in Canada, India, the United Kingdom, and the United States at level 70 and below. The offer, which is time-limited and voluntary, builds on insights gained from a previous voluntary retirement program.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Microsoft is offering buyouts to around 60,000 employees, Business Insider reports",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/microsoft-is-offering-buyouts-to-around-60-000-employees-business",
        "published": "2026-10-26T16:13:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts to around 60,000 employees: Report",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/microsoft-offers-voluntary-buyouts-to-around-60-000-employees-report",
        "published": "2026-10-26T16:27:48.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}