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Early jobs report shows planned layoffs falling

Thursday, April 5, 2012
This morning, the job placement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas reported that the number of planned layoffs dropped last month to a 10-month low -- a good sign as we await unemployment numbers from the government tomorrow.
Posted In: Jobs, layoffs, Unemployment

Early numbers for February show action in job market

Thursday, March 8, 2012
Today, we learned from the job placement firm, Challenger, Gray & Christmas about the number of planned layoffs at American companies in February.
Posted In: Jobs, jobless, Unemployment, layoffs

Challenger: Planned layoffs reach four month high

Thursday, February 2, 2012
According to early numbers out ahead of official unemployment figures from the government out tomorrow, planned layoffs went up in January -- but that is actually fairly typical.
Posted In: layoffs, Unemployment

Layoffs numbers bode ominously

Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Planned layoffs are up in 2011 over the previous year -- and there's still a month to go.
Posted In: layoffs, government spending, employment

When the crowd disrupts the newsroom

Friday, November 18, 2011
Citizen journalists and their "community generated content" are hitting traditional newsrooms where it hurts, the payroll. CNN journalists become the latest victims of digital disruption.
Posted In: cnn, user-generated content, layoffs

BofA to cut 30,000 jobs

Monday, September 12, 2011
As part of an effort to cut expenses by $5 billion a year over the next two years, U.S. banking giant Bank of America confirmed today that it will...
Posted In: Bank of America, job cuts, layoffs

MID-DAY UPDATE: Businesses laid off more workers in August

Wednesday, September 1, 2010
...That's the opposite of expected - what's it mean? Another ratings agency escapes fraud charges For CEOs, it may pay to lay off A big whopper:...
Posted In: Blockbuster, champagne, Greece, layoffs, mid-day update, ratings agencies, smoking, Time Warner, Unemployment, video stores

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