Toshiba to cut 17,000 jobs

Toshiba to cut 17,000 jobs

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiba Corp. President Tadashi Okamura announces in Tokyo on Aug. 27 that his company will slash 17,000 jobs, or 12% of its domestic group workforce of 144,000, by the close of the fiscal year that ends March 31, 2004 to cope with the downturn in the information technology sector.

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