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More big tech layoffs to start the new year

A company logo is seen at the entrance of Amazon. (Michel Spingler/AP)
A company logo is seen at the entrance of Amazon. (Michel Spingler/AP)

Amazon is laying off a record 18,000 employees this year. Salesforce is cutting 10% of its staff too. Last year ended with widespread layoffs in the once-invincible tech sector. So what gives?

MSNBC economics correspondent and anchor Ali Velshi joins Here & Now‘s Deepa Fernandes for the latest.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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