Layoffs

Mike: The Air Force relased it’s Fiscal Year 2010 Force Structure Announcement, which highlights base employment for both military and civilian personnel: Warning PDF: http://video.onset.freedom.com/newsherald/klvflt-afplan.pdf. Since Air Force cuts will affect nearly every state, I thought I’d post this today instead of waiting till Monday. Tweet This! – Larger layoff announcements and important economic reports: US/Canada: […]

Continue reading about June 28 – Air Force base cuts include: 700 at Hill, 600 at Tyndall – Sacramento to chop 209 deputies

Mike; I hope you are all enjoying your weekend. This weekend post is to highlight the continued dysfunction of the NY state senate, which is acting more dysfunctional than usual. When I say dysfunctional, I’m not being over the top, since it’s been documented that NYs legislators are truly the most dysfunctional: New York’s State […]

Continue reading about June 27 – New York’s dysfunctional senate fails to address unemployment benefits improvements

Mike: The Thursday Jobless Claims report shows a worse showing than expected with 627,000 jobless claims compared to a 600,000 estimate.  The four-week moving average also increased, although by only 500, but it shows that jobless claims are still at recessionary levels and not improving as quickly as most “experts” had envisioned. The 4-week moving average […]

Continue reading about June 25 – Jobless claims rise to 627,000 – Continuing claims increase to 6.74 million – Corus to cut >2000 UK jobs – Kimberly-Clark to chop 1,600 Jobs – U Minn. to dismiss 1240