Created Mon 21st Jan 12:20am PST by 
nemesis
All questions » Business » nemesis How many lay offs will Yahoo! announce by end of January?
Settled as Around 5%
Techcrunch is forecasting up to 20%: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/20/yahoo-to-cut-20-of-its-workforce/
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Settled as Around 5% on Wed 30th Jan 2:43pm PST
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Settlement details:
Question will be settled based on Yahoo's official announcement, likely to be at the earnings call on January 29th.
If the actual percentage is between the offered outcomes then the question will be settled at the closest outcome, with mid-points (e.g. 7.5%) rounded up
SETTLEMENT NOTES:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hgyrPltyKiJQEDe-VzKGbBOAnmygD8UFR4080
7% of the work force to be laid off (therefore around 5%). Predictions placed after the announcement (at 4pm PST 29 Jan) will be voided.
Suspend date: Thu 31st Jan 11:59pm PST
Settlement date: Wed 30th Jan 2:43pm PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Tue 29th Jan 4pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
Initial likelihoods: 25% or more: 1%, Around 20%: 10%, Around 15%: 23%, Around 10%: 33%, Around 5%: 23%, None: 10%
Action history:
Created Mon 21st Jan 12:20am PST by nemesis
nemesis
Settled Wed 30th Jan 2:43pm PST
All questions are settled by Hubdub according to settlement info provided by the question creator.
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