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Tech-Job Meltdown in Final Stages

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On November 21, 2003, 3:09 AM

About 12 percent of the nation's high-tech jobs have evaporated during the past two years, but the tech-job drain appears to be in its final stages, according to an industry report to be released Wednesday.

After wiping out 540,000 jobs in 2002, high-tech employers are on pace to lay off another 234,000 workers this year, based on figures compiled by the AeA, a trade group formerly known as the American Electronics Association.

Read more: [URL=http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,61297,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_9]Wired[/URL].

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