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...in Framingham, Mass. That market will expand to $3.5 billion Advertisement by 2012, double its revenue in 2007, according to IDC. Electronic Arts, the world's second-largest video game publisher, will close its Pandemic Studios as part...

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...firm two years ago along with its sibling Bioware Corp. for up to $775 million. The closure will put nearly 200 people out of work. Electronic Arts Inc. is shutting down its Westwood-based game developer Pandemic Studios just two years...

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Redwood City's Electronic Arts, the world's second-largest video game maker, said Monday that it will slash its work force by 17 percent, or 1,500 jobs, and reported its 11th straight quarterly loss. In the latest chapter of its...

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Electronic Arts Inc <ERTS.O> posted a wider quarterly loss and said it would cut about 1,500 jobs, or about 17 percent of its workforce, in another round of restructuring for the video game publisher. The...

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...Arts posts loss, to cut jobs By Gabriel Madway Gabriel Madway - 26 mins ago SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Electronic Arts Inc (ERTS.O) posted a wider quarterly loss and said it would cut about 1,500 jobs, or about 17 percent of its...

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* Shares slip 2 pct after hours (Adds comments and details from call, updates share price) By Gabriel Madway Electronic Arts Inc <ERTS.O> posted a wider quarterly loss and said it would cut about 1,500 jobs, or about 17 percent of its...

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US videogame giant Electronic Arts posted a net loss for the 11th consecutive quarter on Monday and said it was cutting 1,500 jobs, or 16 percent of its workforce. EA reported a net loss of 391 million US dollars, or 1.21 US dollars per...

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NEW YORK (AP) - As its packaged video games business lags, Electronic Arts Inc. has snapped up Playfish Inc., the creator of popular social networking games such as "Who Has the Biggest Brain" and "Pet Society," for $275 million in cash.

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Electronic Arts Inc <ERTS.O> has acquired privately held Playfish for $275 million in cash plus other considerations, as the maker of the "Madden NFL" series extends into the growing social gaming sector. Two-year-old Playfish,...

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Electronic Arts Inc. will acquire Playfish Inc., a maker of games played on Facebook Inc.'s Web Site, for $400 million. Electronic Arts is paying $300 million initially and up to $100 million if Playfish meets certain profit targets, the...

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