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"We've been hearing about a possible SK Telecom-Sprint tie-up since July of 2007, but if either firm ever hoped to actually tie the proverbial knot -- well, let's just say that ship has sailed. Given the weakening economy and the general tendency to resist taking risks right about now, the Korean giant has dropped its plans to partner with Sprint in any form or fashion. In related news, Sprint is looking to hop on the quickly expanding layoff bandwagon, but given its humongous Q3 loss, we suppose that's not totally illogical. We're told that the carrier is offering \"voluntary buyout packages\" to an unspecified number of employees, which is far more awesome than the \"thanks, now get the hell out of here\" line that's being handed down by so many other firms. Crazy times, we tell you.[Via Boy Genius Report]"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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