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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

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I no longer post my views of the job market or information about layoffs here. Instead, go to www.TheJobMarketBlog.com
Saturday, April 18, 2009

Toledo plans to layoff 300, including 75 officers

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TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- Toledo is planning to layoff about 300 city workers to deal with a $20 million budget deficit. Toledo Mayor Carty Finkb...

Boeing issues 300 layoff notices

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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Qantas slashes profit estimate, plans mass job cuts

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By Myra P. Saefong, MarketWatch TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- Qantas Airways said Tuesday it is cutting its fiscal 2009 earnings expectation by as ...
Tuesday, April 07, 2009

Navistar to lay off final 345 employees in Chatham

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The Canadian Press CHATHAM, Ont. — Layoff notices have been issued to the remaining 345 employees at the Navistar truck plant in Chatham, On...

CMS announces 107 more layoffs

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The cuts, including math and science coordinators and ESL assistants, save $4.3 million, bring total job loss to 213. By Eric Frazier CMS Su...

600-plus get layoff alerts from TUSD

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More than 600 employees were notified Friday that they are part of a massive layoff in the Tucson Unified School District. Of the district...
Saturday, April 04, 2009

UNEMPLOYMENT SKYROCKETS TO 8.5%

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HIGHEST RATE SINCE 1983 WASHINGTON -- The U.S. unemployment rate jumped to 8.5 percent in March, the highest since late 1983, as a wide swat...
Friday, April 03, 2009

The Job Market: April 2009

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I didn't make the time to blog about the job market last month instead making time to talk to job hunters and work on a new site ( www.f...
Monday, March 23, 2009

Nokia to Layoff 1700 Worldwide

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Nokia Corp. said Tuesday it will lay off 1,700 people worldwide to cut costs, as the global economic downturn strikes deeper into the mobile...

Toro Co. to lay off about 235 from Tomah site

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MADISON, Wis. - The Toro Co. has told Wisconsin officials it will lay off about 235 workers from its Tomah site next month. The Bloomington,...

Potash Corp. extends layoff of 940 workers

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Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan plans to extend the temporary layoff of 940 workers who were let go in January. The layoff covers workers at Po...

CAT Announces More Layoffs

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Caterpillar Inc. ( CAT ) plans to lay off 2,454 employees across 5 plants in Illinois, Indiana and Georgia to cut costs amid recessionary co...

Caterpillar To Layoff Hundreds In Indiana

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Saturday, March 07, 2009

March 6: Stocks end mixed after jobs report

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Employees: Halliburton Layoffs in the Hundreds

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Layoffs Announced at Northrop Grumman

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Spansion Layoffs 3,000

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Layoff Worries 02-27-09

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Tuesday, March 03, 2009

HSBC CLOSES LENDING UNITS; 6,100 CUT

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By KAJA WHITEHOUSE Last updated: 4:20 am March 3, 2009 Posted: 4:20 am March 3, 2009 Getting a loan just got a lot t...
Friday, February 27, 2009

JPMORGAN TO AX 12K

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By PAUL THARP Last updated: 11:54 pm February 26, 2009 Posted: 12:00 am February 27, 2009 JPMorgan Chase plans to el...
Thursday, February 26, 2009

Jobless claims spike to 26-year high

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Number of Americans applying for first-time unemployment benefits rises to 667,000. Continuing claims top 5 million for the first time. B...
Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Nokia seeks 1,000 voluntary layoffs

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Washington jobless rate jumps to 7.8%

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Washington’s unemployment rate jumped to 7.8 percent in January from 7.1 percent in December, the state’s Employment Security Department rep...

Canada loses record 129,000 jobs

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Unemployment rate hits 7.2 per cent BY PAUL VIEIRA, FINANCIAL POST Read article under copywright by following link

Suozzi proceeding with cuts, layoffs despite stimulus

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Suozzi proceeding with cuts, layoffs despite stimulus BY SID CASSESE | sid.cassese@newsday.com 9:10 PM EST, February 17, 2009 Nassau Count...

GM, Chrysler Restructure with Layoffs, Plant Closures

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Detroit DETROIT-Tuesday, General Motors and Chrysler submitted the first part of their plan for viability to the federal government. The com...
Monday, February 23, 2009

Tech Layoffs Surge to 300,000

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Layoffs in the tech sector are accelerating. It took exactly three weeks for tech layoffs to surge to 300,000, according to our Layoff Tra...

Air France KLM to Layoff 1200 more Staff

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Air France KLM has admitted that they plan to axe another 1,200 jobs, which comes after their announcement of a sharp increase in losses for...
Saturday, February 21, 2009

Record High Mass Layoffs

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By Steven Greenhouse There’s more bad news on the layoff front. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Friday that employers laid o...

Layoff Watch: Morgan Stanley, DLA Piper and more

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Layoffs continue to add up as illustrated by the Labor Department's announcement that the initial jobless benefit claims are around 623...

Teva to Lay Off 1,000; Croatian Staff to Get Generous Severances

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Teva Pharmaceuticals is to lay off 1,000 or more employees worldwide as part of its acquisition of Barr Pharmaceuticals . Three hundred ...

PIONEER LAYOFFs JOB CUT: PIONEER fires 10,000, EXITS FLAT TV

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Pioneer Layoffs News, Pioneer Job Cut announcement Japanese electronics company Pioneer has decided to lay off 10,000 jobs. These 10000 jo...

Wal-Mart to layoff nearly 800 employees Arkansas HQ; to build fewer new stores

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Operational changes introduced for cost reduction at Wal-Mart Stores entail a layoff of at least 800 employees at the retailer's hea...

GE Transportation to Cut 350 Jobs, Temporarily Lay Off 1,200 at Erie unit : Reports

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General Electric Co. (GE: News ) reportedly has announced plans on Tuesday to permanently cut 350 jobs and temporarily layoff 1,200 worker...

Airlines see largest employment drop in five years

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Full-time employment at Frontier Airlines declined 15.7 percent between December 2007 and the same month on 2008, the steepest drop of 1...

More layoffs coming to Granite City Steel

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U.S. Steel Corp. plans to idle its coke operations at Granite City Works in Granite City, Ill., and lay off 390 workers. This latest r...

Best Buy to lay off 250 headquarters workers

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ATLANTA, Feb. 19, 2009 (Reuters) — Best Buy Co Inc said on Thursday it plans to lay off 250 workers at its corporate headquarters in Minn...

Minntac announces nearly 600 layoffs

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U.S. Steel has notified workers that it will cut production in the next two to three weeks and about 500 union and 90 salaried management e...

Two hundred twenty seven skilled trades workers get layoff notices

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By Melissa Mancini OSHAWA -- More than 200 skilled trades workers at the Oshawa car plant got layoff notices this week. The cut is a re...

State to lay off 20K workers, halt construction projects

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A Times-Standard Staff Report Posted: 02/19/2009 01:30:19 AM PST As the contentious budget stalemate plods on in Sacramento, with ...