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Sun blames Brussels as 3,000 jobs are axed

By Richard Waters in San Francisco

Published: October 21 2009 00:11 | Last updated: October 21 2009 00:11

Sun Microsystems on Tuesday announced plans to slash 3,000 jobs over the next year, putting the move down to the delay in getting European Commission clearance for its agreed $7bn acquisition by Oracle.

The latest in a string of job cuts from the struggling US maker of servers and other equipment for corporate data centres followed recent complaints from Oracle that the review in Brussels was hurting Sun’s business.

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