NEC to no longer market and distribute PC and notebooks in Asia-Pac w.e.f June 2009, sheds 270 jobs in Malaysia.

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No layoffs from NEC’s Singapore office

Troubled Japanese electronics giant NEC, which recently announced plans to cut 12,000 jobs outside of Japan, will not be retrenching any of the 300 staff in its Singapore office for the time being, said a company spokesman.
The spokesman indicated the Singapore office might be affected by the company’s plans to “restructure and trim the group’s [...]

NEC and Toshiba seek mergers to survive

TOKYO (Reuters) – Toshiba Corp is in talks to merge part of its chip operations with NEC Corp’s semiconductor unit, a source said, as a sharp global slowdown forces Japanese chip makers to cut jobs and try to band together.
Chip makers worldwide are grappling with deep losses that deplete their cash base and hurt their [...]

NEC to cut 20,000 jobs worldwide

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese electronics giant NEC Corp. said it will cut 20,000 workers worldwide as it tries to stanch widening losses from semiconductors and other businesses that have been hard hit by competition and the global economic slump.
NEC’s net loss for October-December swelled to 130 billion yen ($1.46 billion) from 5.2 billion yen a [...]

Japan’s NEC Tokin to shed 9,450 jobs worldwide

TOKYO : Japanese electronics maker NEC Tokin announced on Tuesday that it would axe 9,450 jobs worldwide due to the economic crisis.
The electronic component manufacturer, a subsidiary of Japanese high-tech giant NEC Corp., said it would shed about 450 domestic posts and 9,000 jobs overseas, the latest in a wave of global layoffs.
The company currently [...]