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Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Google chief executive Sundar Pichai said the company is striving to become 20% more efficient and hinted at possible job cuts. At Code Conference in Los Angeles, Pichai explained how he intends to make the company more efficient in light of economic uncertainty and a slowdown in advertising spending, CNBC reported.
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