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Apr
3

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

layofflist on April 3rd, 2009

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 […]

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Apr
2

April 2 – Jobless claims jump to 669,000 (the highest since 1982) – Record 5.73 million remain on unemployment – Bombardier to chop another 3,000 – Swiss Re cuts 1,150 – Kohler taps 455 for layoffs – Postal Service to stamp out 1,490 jobs in 3 states

layofflist on April 2nd, 2009

Mike: Today brought us increasing unemployment claims and record continuing claims, but improved factory orders. Consumer loan delinquencies increased, but accounting rules were changed to protect banks and other financial institutions. As a result, the stock market shot higher, but hundreds of thousands lost their jobs. It wasn’t be a few months ago that increased […]

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Mar
30

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?

layofflist on March 30th, 2009

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 […]

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