Hiring

Mike: A tragic ending to the week as people were killed in a Binghamton, NY hostage taking. The day started on a sour note with the unemployment rate spiking to 8.5% and the day ends with the horrifying death of many innocents. Hopefully next week brings a period of good news. Till Monday….. In the […]

Continue reading about April 3 – Jobless rate jumps to 8.5 percent, 663,000 lose jobs – Shire to cut 260 – SR Technics to lay off 600 – 340 jobs lost: West Point Homes – MKS cuts 600 – Nationwide dismisses 480 – 330 jobs gone in Kansas City, Mo. – FedEx delivers bad news to 1,000 – Pratt and Whitney Canada dumps 1,000 – Disney slashes 1,900

Mike: I hope you all had a good weekend. A relatively quiet Monday, but plenty of job losses are possible later in the week at SUN and the auto makers . The Onto the news of the day……….. Mike: Now the government is the new backer of car warranties. Amazing stuff these days. I wonder […]

Continue reading about March 30 – UBS may cut 8000 more jobs – Nielsen to cut 1,600 Jobs – KLA-Tencor chops 550 – Las Vegas Sands lays off 280 – Government rejects GM/Chrysler plans, but will back warranties – SUN to layoff thousands this week?

Mike: Good day. It was a busy day for layoff announcements, especially for a Friday. A couple of economic reports showed the state of the consumer Consumer Sentiment and Personal Income and Outlays , both of which showed some improvement. Mike: There are a great deal of daily layoffs, so if I have missed any […]

Continue reading about March 27 – IBM jobs cut fallout continues – GM hiring, but wages cut in half – Johnson Controls to cut jobs, close 10 plants – Disney To Eliminate 800 Jobs – Wal-Mart axes 650 in Columbus, OH – Tyson chops 580 OK jobs – Amazon shuts centers, 210 affected – Merck readies job axe