The massive corporate layoffs and program cuts could redirect thousands of young graduates and experienced attorneys from corporate firms into the public sector, legal experts say.

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Whether you are sharing news of a natural disaster, a corporate takeover, or widespread layoffs, you need to share the immediate past, the present, and the future, all covered clearly and concisely.

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While this was going on, one employee, Poppy Rose, who had been an HMV community manager and thus had access to the corporate Twitter account, started live tweeting about the layoffs.

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Then came a barrage of layoffs, mergers and strategic zigzags that sent entire corporate divisions to the scrap heap.

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Expenses common in the West, such as corporate hospitality, are regarded by many Russians as perks, so they are more resented at a time of layoffs.

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