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Dell headquarters in Round Rock, Texas. US computer giant Dell will cut 700 jobs in Malaysia as it looks to slash costs, newspaper reports said Wednesday.

US computer giant Dell will cut 700 jobs in Malaysia as it looks to slash costs, newspaper reports said Wednesday.

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KUALA LUMPUR–US computer giant Dell will cut 700 jobs in Malaysia as it looks to slash costs, newspaper reports said Wednesday. The company said the affected workers from its plant in northern Penang…

US COMPUTER giant Dell will cut 700 jobs in Malaysia as it looks to slash costs, newspaper reports said on Wednesday.

US computer giant Dell will cut 700 jobs in Malaysia as it looks to slash costs, newspaper reports said Wednesday.

GEORGE TOWN: Dell Malaysia is letting some 700 workers go via a voluntary separation scheme (VSS) exercise. The 700 include those in the operator, supervisory and managerial positions at its Bukit Minyak plant here.

KUALA LUMPUR - US COMPUTER giant Dell will cut 700 jobs in Malaysia as it looks to slash costs, newspaper reports said on Wednesday. The company said the affected workers from its plant in northern Penang state would leave Dell between January and June next year, through a voluntary separation scheme (VSS), the Star and New Straits Times reported.