Most of the time, official denials like this are official confirmations. You just have to parse the actual statement. Recently, the CEO of a giant and old tech

Most of the time, official denials like this are official confirmations. You just have to parse the actual statement. Recently, the CEO of a giant and old tech company, got into a meeting with all of his manager and above employees and very, very carefully said "no layoff is planned." Of course not: planned means they have finished.