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Sep 12, 2026
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Jul 6, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 12, 2026 · Ben Fritz, The Wall Street Journal5 min read12 Sep 2026, 02:53 PM IST

    The woman fixing a Microsoft mess with brutal honesty | Company Business News (opens the original)

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    This is a Mint Premium article gifted to you.Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. REDMOND, Wash.—Asha Sharma had zero experience in videogames when Microsoft put her in charge of cleaning up its Xbox business. Her approach has been to aggressively share bad news. While videogames have never been more popular, Xbox isn’t growing. Its revenue of about $23 billion is declining, and the 14,000-person unit’s profit margin is a paltry 3%. Its GamePass subscription service has fallen far short of projec

  2. Article · Jul 6, 2026 · Ben Fritz

    Microsoft Begins More Than 3,000 Layoffs in Xbox Division | Mint (opens the original)

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    This is a Mint Premium article gifted to you.Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Microsoft will cut some 3,200 jobs from its Xbox videogames division as it restructures the struggling business. The company will lay off 1,600 people this week and 1,600 more during the rest of the fiscal year that began this month, Xbox Chief Executive Asha Sharma said in a memo to staff Monday. Those cuts represent about one-fifth of the division’s total head count. In addition, Microsoft is selling or spinning o

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