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March 2009 Layoffs
By Klaus Kneale
Layoffs for March 2009 at America’s 500 largest public companies*:
19,664
Mar. 13: PPG Industries (nyse: PPG – news – people ) lowers first-quarter expectations and lays off 2,500.
Mar. 13: Sunoco (nyse: SUN – news – people ) fires 750 salaried workers–about a fifth of its workforce.
Mar. 12: Weyerhaeuser (nyse: WY – news – people [...]
Tech Job Listings Decline, Data Confirms The Obvious
By Michael Arrington, Techcrunch.com
The unemployment rate in the U.S. continues to trend up, and the tech sector certainly hasn’t been spared from the overall economic turmoil.
We’ve noticed a general downward trend in our monthly tech job listings on CrunchBoard over the last year, too, which confirms what is already obvious – there’s less hiring going [...]
Chrysler cuts 1200 workers in Windsor, 90,000 fewer minivans expected
By Chris Shunk – Autoblog.com
Chrysler is cutting a shift at its Windsor minivan plant in response to slowing sales and a dreadful global economy. The plant will cease its third shift as early as June 24 and 1,200 workers will lose their source of income. The move will directly affect those with 13 total years [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Vanno’s Watchdog Index Keeps Companies Honest With ReputationCheck
By Leena Rao
Microsoft
is ranked #492 out of 5811 companies.
Best Companies
1. Cisco Systems
2. Toyota
3. Whole Foods
4. Unilever
5. Texas Instruments
Worst Companies
1. Nintendo
2. Carnival Corp.
3. Syngenta
4. Compass Group
5. Pemex
Click here to see more >
Social evaluation platform Vanno launched a widget application of its real-time company reputation index called ReputationCheck. Vanno’s platform allows customers and others to share [...]
Apple Tells Shareholders That Jobs Will Return
By BRAD STONE
For the last nine months, Apple has refused to get into specifics about the well-being of its chief executive, Steven P. Jobs, even as he said last month that he was taking a six-month leave of absence to deal with health problems.
On Wednesday, the company’s shareholders had their chance to press for more [...]
Nortel to Cut Another 3,200 Jobs
The telecommunications equipment maker Nortel Networks said Wednesday that it would cut its work force by 3,200 jobs worldwide.
The company, based in Canada, said the new round of job cuts would be made over the next several months. The reduction is on top of 1,800 job cuts already announced.
Earlier this month, Nortel received a bankruptcy [...]
Kindle 2 going international
By John Biggs
If this job posting by lab126.com, Amazon’s secret hardware skunkworks, is any indication there will be an International version of the Kindle sooner than later.
The candidate will be a senior and experienced software engineer or manager with a background in wireless. You will have worked on one or more baseband /radio solutions for [...]
Spansion Cuts 3,000 Employees, 35% of Work Force
Troubled flash memory maker Spansion Inc. (NASDAQ:SPSN) said late Monday it will slash its global work force by 35 percent, affecting about 3,000 employees, mostly at manufacturing sites.
The move comes as Sunnyvale-based Spansion, one of the world’s largest makers of flash memory chips used in digital cameras and other gadgets, is cutting costs amid a [...]
Microsoft Asks Some Laid Off Workers To Send Back Part Of Their Severance
by Jason Kincaid
Talk about adding insult to injury. Apparently Microsoft has inadvertently overpaid severance to some of its recently laid off employees, and is now asking for some of the money back. It’s unclear how many of the 1,400 employees laid off last month were affected, but we’ve confirmed that it wasn’t a single isolated [...]
Nokia Cutting Up To 30 From UK Advertising Team
By Robert Andrews
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is set to cut up to 30 staff from the UK advertising sales team for its Nokia Interactive Advertising group, which debuted a year ago. The handset maker claims 100 million eyeballs and 10 percent click-through rates for its Nokia Media Network, which is served up through publishers including Telegraph, [...]
Tech Layoffs Surge to 300,000
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Layoffs in the tech sector are accelerating. It took exactly three weeks for tech layoffs to surge to 300,000, according to our Layoff Tracker. Since late January, when the tracker hit 200,000 layoffs, another 100,000 job eliminations have been announced or completed. In contrast, it took five weeks for layoffs [...]
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