<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/673913dd-9a1c-44a9-b197-2e14dac6e218/F4A3F5DF-9983-43A8-8AF8-2D133BA2377E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10057907-75.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5" href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10057907-75.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5" style="font-size: 11px;">news.cnet.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10057907-75.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5"><H1>Microsoft denies companywide hiring freeze</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10057907-75.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5"><P> Microsoft on Friday said it is reviewing its hiring plans amid the economic uncertainty, but denied a report that it has instituted a companywide hiring freeze. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10057907-75.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5"><P> IDG News Service <A href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/100308-microsoft-institutes-hiring.html">reported Friday</A> that Microsoft had instituted a hiring freeze, citing a source who had seen a company memo. A source close to the company said that report is not correct, but said Microsoft did send out guidance this week that it plans to tighten up hiring amid signs of a weakening economy. The company still expects to add jobs overall, however. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10057907-75.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5"><P> CEO Steve Ballmer spoke last week of a certain <A href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10051727-56.html" title="Ballmer: Tech showing 'buoyancy' despite economy -- Thursday, Sep 25, 2008">"buoyancy"</A> within the tech industry despite economic uncertainty, but also said that neither Microsoft nor the industry would be immune to a broad slowdown. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10057907-75.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5"><P> In comments this week in Europe, Ballmer sounded a slightly more cautious tone on the economy. Microsoft also <A href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10053774-56.html" title="Microsoft calls on Congress to reconsider bailout -- Monday, Sep 29, 2008">urged Congress</A> to pass the economic bailout bill after the House <A href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10053604-56.html" title="Tech stocks hammered as bailout fails in House -- Monday, Sep 29, 2008">voted it down</A> on Monday. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/F4A3F5DF-9983-43A8-8AF8-2D133BA2377E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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