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• More Temporary Workers Become Permanent Fixtures in Nation's Economy.

  - 2004-06-07

  By Robert Gavin, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 7--DRACUT, Mass. -- Scott Gelinas spent the first eight years of his working life at the same manufacturer and planned to make a career there. His layoff in the summer of...

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• Massachusetts Budget Plan Would Force Cuts in State Jobs.

  - 2004-04-14

  By Scott S. Greenberger, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 14--Massachusetts would cut hundreds of state jobs, through both layoffs and attrition, and tap $600 million from its dwindling reserves under the fiscal 2005 budget that House Democratic leaders ...

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• Boston to Cut Hundreds of Jobs, Reduce Service.

  - 2003-04-10

  By Scott S. Greenberger, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 10--The Fire Department will lose 159 of its 1,785 jobs, the Police Department will cut manpower by 152 out of 3,077, and the Boston Center for Youth and Families will...

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• Boston-Area Travel-Related Jobs Drop 13.3 Percent over Two Years.

  - 2002-10-18

  By Diane E. Lewis, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 18--The economic downturn, coupled with last year's terrorist attacks, resulted in the loss of 14,475 travel and tourism-related jobs in the Boston area over the past two years, a 13.3...

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• Boston-Based MFS Investments to Cut 110 Jobs.

  - 2002-10-10

  By Beth Healy, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 10--MFS Investments, Boston's oldest mutual fund firm, yesterday said it was eliminating 110 jobs, or 4.1 percent of its work force, citing the long stock market decline. The layoff...

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• Layoffs across North America Bode Ill for Consumer Spending.

  - 2001-09-27

  By Scott Bernard Nelson, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 27--Companies across North America announced more than 25,000 new job cuts yesterday, increasing fears that consumers will decide to cut their spending in the months ahead. Since consumer...

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• Boston-Based Computer Equipment Maker Makes More Job Cuts, Trims Salaries.

  - 2001-09-14

  By Jeffrey Krasner, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 14--Teradyne Inc., the Boston maker of computer test equipment and electronics, said it is taking steps to cut another 11 percent of its work force. Those left after another round...

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• Massachusetts Unemployment Rate Rises from 2.7 to 3.1 Percent.

  - 2001-04-21

  By Kimberly Blanton, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 21--Rising numbers of layoffs drove Massachusetts' unemployment rate up to 3.1 percent in March, from 2.7 percent in February. Although it remains far lower than the 4.3 percent U.S....

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• Boston-Based Mutual Fund Firm Putnam Investments Fires 256 Workers.

  - 2001-04-12

  By Beth Healy, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 12--Putnam Investments is firing 256 people, or 4 percent of its work force, to cut costs in the face of a sharply lower stock market, chief executive Lawrence Lasser told employees in a...

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• Massachusetts Unemployment Rate Rises.

  - 2001-03-24

  By Bruce D. Butterfield, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 24--The jobless rate in Massachusetts inched up to 2.7 percent in February as the state lost 5,700 jobs, a clear sign that layoffs and the national economic slowdown are beginning to affect...

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