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Huge Job Cuts Faced by Nokia as Microsoft Partnership Draws Closer

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Huge Job Cuts Faced by Nokia as Microsoft Partnership Draws Closer

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

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Huge Job Cuts Faced by Nokia as Microsoft Partnership Draws Closer

With a Microsoft partnership in the near future, employees of Nokia Oyj are preparing themselves for what could be huge job cuts of as many as 6,000 jobs, which would be 38 percent of Nokia’s research and development workers.  If these jobs end up getting cut, it would be the biggest cuts the company has [...]

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1,200 Workers Face an Impending Layoff at National Grid

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

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1,200 Workers Face an Impending Layoff at National Grid

As part of its major restructuring plan,  National Grid, announced plans to layoff over 1,200 manufacturing workers at its plant in Western New York. The Massachusetts-based multinational company said that it will concentrate its efforts on bolstering local performance, elevating customer service and delivering more efficient products to its clients. The job cuts are expected to [...]

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Kansas City Star to Cut 20 Staff

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

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Kansas City Star to Cut 20 Staff

The Kansas City Star plans to downsize its workforce by eliminating about 20 staff and slashing other similar positions at its office in Kansas City, Missouri in response to the industrywide recession. The newspaper said the cutbacks, which are expected to occur soon, are mixture of voluntary buyouts and layoffs. The Star said that impacted staff will [...]

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Job Cuts Loom at Schools in Forth Worth, Texas

Monday, January 31, 2011

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Job Cuts Loom at Schools in Forth Worth, Texas

Some school district workers at Forth Worth, Texas are about to face unemployment as state officials announced plans to cut the budget for public education amid the financial crisis in Texas. State Legislatures warned various school administrators that the slated budget cuts in public education would be higher than originally planned. The budget cut is [...]

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Cook County, Illinois Axes 53 Employees

Monday, January 31, 2011

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Cook County, Illinois Axes 53 Employees

Cook County Assessor, Joseph Berrios, removed around 53 workers in response to this year’s impending budget cut proposed by County Board President, Toni Preckwinkle. Berrios’ office, along with other county offices, is expected to receive a 16% cut from annual operational costs. Preckwinkle is aggressively seeking alternative ways to close a massive budget shortfall of [...]

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50 Workers to be Axed in Nordyne’s Boonville plant

Friday, January 28, 2011

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50 Workers to be Axed in Nordyne’s Boonville plant

Around 50 manufacturing workers are about to face unemployment as Nordyne, a Missouri-based manufacturer of heating and cooling products, announced plans to downsize its workforce due to a bad market. Nordyne revealed that 50 employees will be laid off at its facility in Boonville, Missouri in response to a continuous decline in demand for residential [...]

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Arena Pharmaceuticals to Reduce its Workforce by 25%

Friday, January 28, 2011

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Arena Pharmaceuticals to Reduce its Workforce by 25%

San Diego, California-based bio-pharmaceutical giant, Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc., announced plans to reduce its workforce by roughly 25%, representing 66 staff, to cut its costs and generate additional savings. Arena Pharmaceuticals said that the layoffs will bring in more money to the company, approximately $3.8 million of recurring charges, and will trim-down its cash expenditures by [...]

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American Axle to Trim-down its Salaried Workforce

Friday, January 28, 2011

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American Axle to Trim-down its Salaried Workforce

American Axle & Manufacturing Inc., a manufacturer of automobile driveline and drivetrain systems in the US, is slowly downsizing its salaried workforce by offering early-retirement packages until it reaches the target number of 400 white-collar workers eliminated. The Detroit, Michigan based company announced plans to buyout the contracts of about 400 salaried staff from its [...]

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Abbott to Downsize Workforce by 6%

Friday, January 28, 2011

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Abbott to Downsize Workforce by 6%

Global pharmaceutical healthcare company, Abbott Laboratories, announced plans to slash its workforce by 6%, representing 1,900 workers, in response to a series of failures in its drug development pipeline operations over the recent months. Abbot aims to restructure the company, particularly its pharmaceutical commercial and manufacturing units, which will result to the elimination of about [...]

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1,700 Management Jobs to be Cut at Lowe’s Co.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

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1,700 Management Jobs to be Cut at Lowe’s Co.

Over 1,700 middle-management workers are about to face unemployment as part of a restructuring plan at Lowe’s Company Inc., the second-biggest chain of retail home improvement and appliance stores in the US. The company said that it will now focus on cutting its expenses and boosting its revenue to stay competitive. The North Carolina-based company [...]

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