{
  "id": 17981110,
  "title": "5 questions to ask if your boss offers you a buyout, as Microsoft did with 60,000 employees",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/5-questions-to-ask-if-your-boss-offers-you-a-buyout-as-microsoft-did",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-03T15:04:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MarketWatch Top",
    "slug": "marketwatch-top",
    "url": "https://www.marketwatch.com/story/5-questions-to-ask-if-your-boss-offers-you-a-buyout-as-microsoft-did-with-60-000-employees-03d037a5?mod=mw_rss_topstories"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Two days after Microsoft asked more than a quarter of its workers if they’d take a buyout, it reported $45.2 billion in capital spending in a single quarter, most of it for AI.",
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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."
}