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Yahoo Layoffs: LIVE (YHOO)

Silicon Alley Insider  Dec 09 08

A reader tells us that the Yahoo layoffs (YHOO) have begun. If the reader is jumping the gun a bit, then they'll begin in a few hours. Either way, we'll be covering them live.

Please send us any tidbits you hear or see over the next 24 hours (tips@alleyinsider.com) and post updates in the comments below. We'll pick up info as it comes in and add it to this post. Pictures are great, so if you can sneak some shots of the legendary conference rooms (firing chambers) or anything else, please send those along, too. We did this last fall, when AOL had its huge layoff, and several readers said it made a lousy day a bit less depressing. Full story...

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