Alcatel-Lucent cuts 12,500 jobs after profit drop

Posted on May 14th, 2007 at 5:31 pm to iTNews by W. David Gardner
Despite a projected second quarter revenue growth, the company is cutting 12,500 jobs in an effort to improve cost savings.  Full story »

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