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  "id": 16634732,
  "title": "Microsoft is offering buyouts to around 60,000 employees in latest cost push",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/microsoft-is-offering-buyouts-to-around-60-000-employees-in-latest",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-26T17:20:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Quartz",
    "slug": "quartz",
    "url": "https://qz.com/microsoft-voluntary-buyouts-60000-employees-102626"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The voluntary exit offer covers eligible staff at level 70 and below in the U.S., Canada, India and the U.K.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Business Insider",
        "title": "Microsoft is offering buyouts to around 60,000 employees. Read the memo.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/microsoft-is-offering-buyouts-to-around-60-000-employees-read-the-memo",
        "published": "2026-10-26T15:30:25.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}