The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. April 9, 2012 Sony to Slash 10,000 Jobs -------------------------- In economic news, the Japanese electronic company Sony has announced plans to slash about 10,000 jobs, or 6 percent of its global workforce. It is unclear how many of the jobs lost will be in the United States. .