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		<title><![CDATA[UPDATED: Suicide Follows Stabbing Linked to Pfizer Layoffs]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The body of a man was found in the parking lot of Pfizer PFEâ€™s Pearl River, N.Y., site in a possible suicide, police say. Pfizer plans about 200 layoffs at the site. It is the second violent incident associated with layoffs at the company. A few days ago, a former...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:39:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sanofi Plans Layoffs on Dec. 30; Management Says "Happy Thanksgiving!"]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sanofi-Aventis SNY has asked its drug sales reps to stay at home on Monday, Nov. 30, and await a phonecall that will tell them whether they have been laid of or not, a source tells BNET. Reps are annoyed that they received two messages from management this week: One telling...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:29:28 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[More on Playboy's Mag Outsourcing: Profits Aimed By 2011; 25 Layoffs]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ After we first reported last night about Playboy&#8217;s mag outsourcing deal with American Media Inc (but we got it mixed up with the sale talks, which are still ongoing), the company has released some official details of the deal: AMI will take over production, circulation, ad sales, marketing and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:56:34 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Best 401(k) Moves When You Leave a Job]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leaving a company means you need to decide what to do with your 401k savings ? and the right answer is worth tens of thousands of dollars. These seven rules will help you minimize your taxes and maximize your nest egg.  1. Do Not Cash Out   ...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Healthcare Roundup: Aetna Layoffs, Lakeside Absorbed, ASCs Rake in Profits, Retail Clinics Forecast to Grow, and More]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:42:14 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.S. Layoffs Fall in October]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - The number of mass layoffs reported by U.S. employers fell last month from September, a government report showed on Friday, suggesting job losses were close to bottoming.The Labor Department said the 2,127 mass layoff actions reported in October -- defined as job cuts involving at least 50...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:15:15 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[AP Achieves 10 Percent Payroll Reduction With 90 Layoffs]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The Associated Press&#8217; layoffs this week have satisfied the goal of reducing payroll costs by 10 percent, the wire service said in a statement. The final tally of the layoffs was 90 news department staffers, the AP said. About 71 jobs were represented by the Newspaper Guild, which has...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:55:37 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[AOL to Cut One-third of Workforce]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - AOL plans to cut one-third of its workforce, or about 2,500 jobs, in an effort to trim some $300 million in annual costs as part of the Internet company's planned spin-off from Time Warner Inc.The struggling Web pioneer, which is now focused primarily on advertising-supported content,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:45:30 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[AP Staffers Gird For Possible Layoffs]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Associated Press staffers are preparing for what could be 70- to 80 layoffs today, as reports are seeping out about growing anxiety about the announcement of possible cuts. Gawker cites an unidentified tipster and AP staffer who say the layoffs will be announced at a meeting in New York....]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Can You Survive a Layoff?  Find Out Now!]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A quiz to assess your ability to cope with corporate downsizing. by Geoffrey James]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:30:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[NYT News Service Lays Off Edit Staffers; Duties Moved To Non-Union Florida Paper]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The New York Times News Service is getting rid of nearly all of its editorial staffers and will hand off the operation to the NYTCo&#8217;s Gainsville Sun, the NYT reported. The NYTNS edits and syndicates articles from the NYT and more than 100 other sources. It acts like the...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Newsweek Does Dozen Layoffs; Still Tough Economic Times]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Newsweek, still struggling to figure out what it needs to figure out, has done about a dozen layoffs, according to an internal memo picked up by Politico. We have confirmed the layoffs from a company spokesperson. by Rafat Ali]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:11:18 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[AOL's Coming Big Layoffs & Restructuring Costs: $200 Million]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ AOL (NYSE: TWX) announced about 100 layoffs earlier this week and more to come, along with continued restructuring. In an SEC filing, AOL Time Warner outlined some basic costs associated with the moves, following the spinoff and into the first half of 2010: &#8220;In connection with these additional restructuring...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:46:30 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Adobe To Cut Nine Percent Of Its Workforce On Top Of Layoffs At Omniture]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) is going through its second round of layoffs in a year. In an SEC filing, the company says it will cut 680 jobs worldwide, or about nine percent of its workforce. A spokeswoman tells us the company is &#8220;restructuring its business to align costs with its...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:56:36 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[AOL Begins Layoffs; 100 To Be Let Go Today]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ AOL is laying off 100 staffers today, sources tell paidContent, confirming earlier reports by AllThingsD&#8217;s Kara Swisher and Valleywag. The moves are part of CEO Tim Armstrong&#8217;s &#8220;Project Everest,&#8221; which he has said is designed to look at streamlining roughly 10 individual teams at the company. Armstrong has indicated...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:05:51 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EA's Riccitello: Layoffs Are 'Essential' For The Company's Digital Transformation]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The main reason for EA&#8217;s second round of mass layoffs within a single calendar year? The company is extremely bullish on digital. &#8220;As we said in previous quarters, we&#8217;re narrowing our focus to invest in core hits and digital,&#8221; said CEO John Riccitello, during the company&#8217;s Q3 (its fiscal...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:55:45 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pfizer Aiming for 30,900 Layoffs Through 2012]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pfizer has laid off 26,300 employees since 2005, and hopes eventually to lay off a total of 30,900 through 2012, according to its 10-Q filing with the SEC. The company had several rounds of layoffs before its acquisition of Wyeth in an attempt to get $6 billion in annual savings...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:02:22 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft Announces More Layoffs as October Tech Job Cuts Take Huge Leap]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The monthly Challenger, Gray & Christmas numbers on announced job cuts are in. Although in general cuts dropped by 16 percent, high tech fared far worse as Microsoft plans additional layoffs past the 5,000 anticipated earlier this year. by Erik Sherman]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:16:08 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[United Online Cuts 5 Percent Of Its Workforce]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ United Online (NSDQ: UNTD) is cutting five percent of its workforce&#8212;or about 96 jobs. The company disclosed the layoffs during an earnings call Wednesday, in which CEO Mark Goldston said the company was making the cuts to &#8220;increase efficiency.&#8221; Most of the layoffs are at United Online&#8217;s Classmates.com unit,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:10:50 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Your Company Can Avoid Layoffs]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even in the worst recession in recent times, some companies are practicing no-layoff policies. How do they do it? Are you ready to exchange your current job to sweep the grounds? by Sean Silverthorne]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:57:44 -0800</pubDate>
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