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<blockquote data-quote="nikonpup" data-source="post: 589697" data-attributes="member: 9922">This just in from <a href="http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Nikon-to-cut-1-000-jobs-in-Japan" target="_blank">Nikkei</a> - &quot;Nikon to cut 1,000 jobs in Japan&quot;: Nikon plans to eliminate about 1,000 jobs in Japan, or&nbsp; 10% of its domestic workforce, as the company shifts resources away from&nbsp; once core businesses to medical devices and other growth areas.
 The cuts over the next two to three years will mostly affect Nikon's&nbsp; money-losing semiconductor equipment operations and its shrinking&nbsp; digital camera business.
From <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/nikon-earnings-idUSL3N0IR39F20131107" target="_blank">Reuters </a>- &quot;Nikon drops sales forecast as high-end camera market stalls&quot;:&nbsp; Nikon Corp cut its full-year unit sales forecast for&nbsp; high-end cameras for the second quarter in a row on Thursday, as a&nbsp; dramatic fall in demand among photography hobbyists that began last year&nbsp; accelerated faster than expected.
 The company posted a 41 percent drop in operating profit to 21.9&nbsp; billion yen ($222 million) for the six months ended September, saying&nbsp; overseas demand for pricy single-lens reflex models had remained&nbsp; depressed.
 It cut its unit sales projection for interchangeable lens cameras to&nbsp; 6.20 million from a previous forecast of 6.55 million, which had&nbsp; predicted the first fall in sales of the format since Nikon's first&nbsp; digital SLR in 1999.

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[QUOTE="nikonpup, post: 589697, member: 9922"] [B][FONT=comic sans ms][SIZE=4][COLOR=#800000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B]This just in from [URL="http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Nikon-to-cut-1-000-jobs-in-Japan"]Nikkei[/URL] - "[I]Nikon to cut 1,000 jobs in Japan[/I]": [INDENT]Nikon plans to eliminate about 1,000 jobs in Japan, or 10% of its domestic workforce, as the company shifts resources away from once core businesses to medical devices and other growth areas. The cuts over the next two to three years will mostly affect Nikon's money-losing semiconductor equipment operations and its shrinking digital camera business. [/INDENT] From [URL="http://www.reuters.com/article/nikon-earnings-idUSL3N0IR39F20131107"]Reuters [/URL]- "[I]Nikon drops sales forecast as high-end camera market stalls[/I]": [INDENT]Nikon Corp cut its full-year unit sales forecast for high-end cameras for the second quarter in a row on Thursday, as a dramatic fall in demand among photography hobbyists that began last year accelerated faster than expected. The company posted a 41 percent drop in operating profit to 21.9 billion yen ($222 million) for the six months ended September, saying overseas demand for pricy single-lens reflex models had remained depressed. It cut its unit sales projection for interchangeable lens cameras to 6.20 million from a previous forecast of 6.55 million, which had predicted the first fall in sales of the format since Nikon's first digital SLR in 1999. [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]

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