layoffs
Early jobs report shows planned layoffs falling
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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.
Early numbers for February show action in job market
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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.
Challenger: Planned layoffs reach four month high
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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.
Layoffs numbers bode ominously
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Planned layoffs are up in 2011 over the previous year -- and there's still a month to go.
When the crowd disrupts the newsroom
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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.
BofA to cut 30,000 jobs
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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...
MID-DAY UPDATE: Businesses laid off more workers in August
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Wednesday, September 1, 2010
...That's the opposite of expected - what's it mean?
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