Chartered Semi Forecasts Record Quarterly Loss, to Cut 600 Jobs

Bloomberg.com, 30 Jan 2009, Andrea Tan

Jan. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd., the world’s third-largest maker of customized chips, forecast a record quarterly loss and will cut more jobs to weather the deepening global recession.

The net loss in the first quarter will probably be $141 million to $153 million, Singapore-based Chartered said today after reporting its largest deficit since the first quarter of 2002. Sales may slump as much as 40 percent to as low as $232 million, it said.

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