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Hewlett-Packard to Slash 30,000 Jobs

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B 051111 HPLogo?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1337340805811PRNewsFoto/Verizon Wireless(NEW YORK) — Hewlett-Packard may soon be reducing its workforce by at least 8 percent in an effort save money and offset declining sales.

According to multiple reports, the company is considering cutting between 25,000 and 30,000 jobs.  The layoffs come as HP struggles to sell computers amid the rising popularity of tablets.

Citing people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reports Hewlett-Packard’s enterprise services group, which is responsible for selling a range of information-technology services, may be reduced by 10,000 to 15,000.

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