Factory Closing

Mike: Thanks for visiting The Layoff List on this Easter weekend. The post will be rather short, since there is little in the way of layoff news and economic reports this day. Let me start with some news from Thursday (revised for clarity from an earlier post): Yesterday brought some slight improvement to the Jobless […]

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Mike: Today’s Jobless Claims number came in at 654,000, which was still in recession territory, but an improvement nonetheless. According to The Associated Press: New jobless claims fall more than expected to 654K.to a seasonally adjusted 654,000, down from a revised 674,000 the previous week. Analysts expected claims to drop to 660,000. A stabilizing job […]

Continue reading about April 9 – Jobless claims fall to 654,000 – Continuing jobless claims at record 5.84 million – Lloyds to cut 25,000? – LyondellBasell chops 3000 jobs – Country Coach lays off 460 – 3M offers 3,600 early retirement

Mike: Hello to all and thanks for visiting The Layoff List. Today proved to be about the quietest day in weeks, if not months, for layoff announcements, especially larger ones. Tomorrow’s Jobless Claims will give us a good indication of jobless trends. The consensus is for jobless claims to fall slightly to 664,000. From this […]

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