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Tue 08 Aug 2001Agilent to cut 4,000 jobs as demand slumpsShares in US technology firm Agilent Technologies fell 9 per cent after it said it would cut 4,000 jobs die to slowing demand.Agilent chief executive Mr Ned Barnholt said the company appeared to be "bouncing along the bottom". But he also said any recovery in some of the company's key markets, such as communications and semiconductors, would be "slow and gradual".