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KPMG: One in two UK firms plan job cuts - Information World Review view story
9 votes- Submitted by alina.popescu
- about 1 month ago
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- Became popular about 1 month ago
"Bleak economic conditions have prompted 53 per cent of organizations to examine their wage bill, survey reveals"
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Why publicize newspaper job cuts? view story
16 votes- Submitted by gbarberi
- about 1 month ago
- (http://newsosaur.blogspot.com/200...)
- Became popular about 1 month ago
A hundred chairs plastered with pink slips were set up in front of the Baltimore Sun today as the centerpiece of a protest against the latest staff cuts at the paper. It was a clever bit of street theater. But was it a good idea?
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N&O subscriber sues the paper for cutting staff view story
12 votes- Submitted by gbarberi
- about 1 month ago
- (http://www.newsobserver.com/news/...)
- Became popular about 1 month ago
Keith Hempstead, a Durham lawyer, filed the suit last month in Wake Superior Court. He says he renewed his subscription in May just before the paper announced on June 16 the layoffs of 70 staff members and cuts in news pages.
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Siemens set to cut jobs amid economic downturn view story
15 votes- Submitted by captainobvious22
- 2 months ago
- (http://www.reuters.com/article/ou...)
- Became popular 2 months ago
German industrial conglomerate Siemens AG is set to outline plans on Tuesday to cut around 4 percent of its global workforce as part of an overhaul.
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Report: Siemens to cut 17,200 jobs view story
2 votes- Submitted by CNNReader
- 2 months ago
- (http://edition.cnn.com/2008/BUSIN...)
- Became popular 2 months ago
Conglomerate Siemens AG, wracked by a wide-ranging corruption scandal, will cut up to four percent of its work force worldwide, or about 17,200 jobs, a pair of newspapers reported Saturday.
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On Job Cut Numbers view story
2 votes- Submitted by SingleWoman
- 4 months ago
- (http://blogs.singlemindedwomen.co...)
- Became popular 4 months ago
his past Friday, NBC Nightly News proclaimed that employers had cut only 20,000 jobs in April.Because I cover layoffs for AIRS News and review reports on an almost daily basis I knew that statement wasn’t quite right.
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GM posts $38.7B loss for 2007, offers buyouts to 74,000 hourly workers view story
11 votes- Submitted by pleeker
- 6 months ago
- (http://www.latimes.com/business/l...)
- Became popular 6 months ago
OUCH! General Motors Corp. reported a $38.7 billion loss for 2007 today, the largest annual loss ever for an automotive company, and said it is making a new round of buyout offers to U.S. hourly workers in hopes of replacing some of them with lower-paid..
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Nokia to cut up to 2,300 staff view story
15 votes- Submitted by robdiana
- 7 months ago
- (http://www.reuters.com/article/bu...)
- Became popular 7 months ago
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia , the world's top cellphone maker, said on Tuesday it plans to close its plant in Bochum, Germany, by mid-2008 and may cut up to 2,300 staff as it moves production
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Layoffs coming as Palm sinks lower | One More Thing - CNET News.com view story
15 votes- Submitted by Hotfuzz
- 8 months ago
- (http://www.news.com/8301-13579_3-...)
- Became popular 8 months ago
A company representative confirmed that Palm is getting ready to cut jobs, after a report earlier Wednesday that perhaps "hundreds" could be out of work.
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Bristol to cut jobs, close plants to save $1.5 bln view story
7 votes- Submitted by robdiana
- 9 months ago
- (http://www.reuters.com/article/bu...)
- Became popular 9 months ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bristol-Myers Squibb Co, as part of an expected major restructuring, on Wednesday said by 2010 it would cut its work force 10 percent and slash the number of its manufacturing plants

