Mike: Since the list of layoff announcements is getting larger by the day, I’ll do a weekend update instead of adding the weekend’s announcements to the Friday list. Microsoft and IBM Rumors/News General Economic News Municipal News US and some Canada Layoff News International News Hiring News – – Microsoft/Google/IBM News & Rumors –   […]

Continue reading about January 24, 25 – Weekend Update: IBM confirms layoffs – BNSF derails 2500 jobs – BNY starts layoffs in PIT – Air Canada departing with 345 less jobs – Caterpillar dumps 140 – Arctic Cat ices 100 jobs – Therma-Tru exits 220

Mike: Yesterday proved to be a tumultuous day for layoff announcements and economic news. Microsoft disappointed with less than stellar earnings, but Google added some hope with positive earnings and they didn’t announce any large layoffs. Today should be a little quieter on the layoff announcement front, but with Harley-Davidson announcing the elimination of 1100 […]

Continue reading about January 23 – Schlumberger cuts 5000 – Harley-Davidson quiets for 1100 – Union Pacific furloughs 3150 – BBVA Compass loses 1200 – Another 550 done at Motorola? – UPS delivers bad news to 500 – Polaris rides 460 out the door – 1000 more finished at Toyota – Microsoft layoffs & aftereffects – Beechcraft readies layoff plans – American Greetings condolences to 200 – ChannelAdvisor dumps 190 – Holy demolition, Batman! layoffs at DC Comics – Fannie Mae releases 100s – Starbucks to roast 1000 jobs? – Comerica to release 570

   Mike: Good day to all. Today’s much anticipated news will likely revolve around earnings releases from Microsoft and Google, as well as the  Jobless Claims  numbers.  Yesterday, a few earnings reports were better than expected, as in the case of Apple, but the layoff announcements didn’t slow their brutal pace. If today’s earnings news and the  Jobless […]

Continue reading about January 22 – Jobless claims rise to 589,000 – Tyco cuts 2500 – Intel: up to 6000 jobless – 2000 more gone at GM – Huntsman releases 1175 – Nokia slams 1000 – OHSU trims 1000 – UAL to discharge 1000 – How many jobs cut at IBM? – Microsoft to layoff 5000 – Eaton to chop another 3200 – Yahoo to end 3000 jobs? – SUN sets on 1300 jobs – F5 minus 7% – Black day for 200 at Black Box