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- dismissal, often temporarily, from work because a job ceases to exist or because of lack of work. Employees who are laid off may qualify for unemployment compensation. If the layoff...
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- Trickle-Down Effect of American Axle Strike Spreads to Other Tier Suppliers as Additional Layoffs Are Announced, an Industrial Info News Alert
- Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- As the 10th week of the American Axle & Manufacturing Incorporated (NYSE:AXL) (Detroit, Michigan) strike comes to a close, the effects of the walkout are obvious. General Motors Corporation (NYSE:GM) Detroit has either halted or slowed production at 30 of its...
- Research articles 2008-05-08
- Ask.com Layoffs Point to Confused Strategy at IAC
- Interactive Corp.'s identity crisis is nearly full blown. Barry Diller, the creator and would-be dismantler of IAC, is turning the company into a textbook example of how to blur a company's brand and how to confuse and and alienate customers, employees and partners. Diller quilted together a bunch of barely-alike...
- Blog posts 2008-03-06
- Ford Motor Co. to announce layoffs and plant closings
- DETROIT AP -- In a survey released this week, Ford Motor Co. ranked last among major automakers in the use of its North American plant capacity. The company aims to change that with a restructuring plan to be announced Monday that likely will include closing some U.S. plants, cutting jobs...
- Research articles 2006-01-21
- Tales from the Firing Line
- Letting an employee go can make your feel like the angel of death. Here's how three managers cope with the realities of bearing bad news. James Wright Position: Partner at IT staffing firm Bridge Technical Solutions. Experience: In the 1990s,...
- Articles 2007-03-20
- Canada Press: Tug Strikes Threatens BC Pulp Mills.
- WINNIPEG, MB, Apr 20, 2004 Resource News International via COMTEX The strike by 800 British Columbia tug and barge operators is starting to take its toll on coastal communities with predictions that layoffs in the forest industry could begin later this week, according to ...
- Research articles 2004-04-21
- Slump in commercial airline industry hits LMI
- Like a lot of businesses that supply parts and labor to the commercial airline industry, St. Charles County's LMI Aerospace Inc. has cut employees and diversified its efforts in order to survive.LMI, a major supplier of airline parts to The Boeing Co., has felt the trickle-down effects of the weak...
- Research articles 2003-09-22
- Downturn in Thai Hotel Industry Could Force Mass Layoffs.
- By Nondhanada Intarakomalyasut, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 18--The troubled Thai hotel industry would have to lay off a significant number of its employees if the financial woes triggered by the Sars epidemic are not resolved in the next three...
- Research articles 2003-04-18
- U.S. Airline Industry Tries to Cope with Economic, Political Changes.
- By D.R. Stewart, Tulsa World, Okla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 22--Bankruptcies. Layoffs. Wage concessions. The U.S. airline industry has had its share of bumps and downturns in the past, but nothing like this: After a $7.7 billion loss in 2001,...
- Research articles 2003-01-22
- Big Picture.(Business)
- McDonald's rumored to be planning layoffs OAK BROOK - Rumors are rife within McDonald's Corp. that the company is planning a significant round of layoffs in coming weeks. If true, it would be the third reduction in five years. The company said it doesn't...
- Research articles 2002-10-17
- Job cuts slowed in tech sector? Industry has lost 437,000 jobs since 2001 - News - Industry Overview
- A newly released study indicates layoffs might be slowing down in the electronics industry. Now the question is whether the study is correct. The reason for skepticism: The study is based on figures released when the second dip of this downturn took hold. The unprecedented slump has forced...
- Research articles 2002-10-14
- Boston Law Firm Sends Out Layoff Notices As Restructuring Continues.
- By Matthew Brelis, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 10--More than 100 employees of the Boston law firm Peabody & Arnold on Thursday received notice of layoffs in 60 days, as the firm's partners continued to hammer out a restructuring plan....
- Research articles 2002-08-10
- South Florida Sun-Sentinel Business Strategies Column.
- By Marcia Heroux Pounds, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 10--I was flying on the morning of Sept. 11. I didn't arrive at my destination, but I was lucky: I landed safely in Baltimore. A bright spot when I finally...
- Research articles 2001-10-10
- Layoffs felt at airports/ Denver develops strategy to help laid-off
- DENVER - In an effort to protect the Front Range economy from further deterioration, Denver city and business leaders devised a plan to help laid-off airline employees find new jobs. The plan involves job fairs, newspaper ads and the creation of a task force designed to...
- Research articles 2001-09-27
- Travel stocks take pounding
- NEW YORK AP -- With bankruptcies looming after last week's terrorists attacks, airlines and travel-related companies were punished Monday on Wall Street and three U.S. carriers responded by laying off a total of 14,500 employees. After markets closed, US Airways Group said it would lay off 11,000...
- Research articles 2001-09-18
- Airline industry's financial woes will have effect on local economy.(News)
- Byline: Mike Comerford and Shamus Toomey Daily Herald Staff Writers The airline industry is in the midst of a human and financial disaster, threatening an economy in the Northwest and West suburbs already reeling from massive layoffs at telecom companies like Lucent, Motorola and...
- Research articles 2001-09-20
- Bush Offers Airlines Reassurance of Financial Aid Package.
- By John Schmeltzer, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 18--Pounded by Wall Street and imposing big layoffs in the wake of last week's terrorist attacks, U.S. airlines on Monday received some reassurance from President Bush, who ordered the development of...
- Research articles 2001-09-18
- Thailand Electronics Firm Rules Out Layoffs Despite Slump.
- By Srisamorn Phoosuphanusorn, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 22--Hana Microelectronics Plc, Thailand's biggest electronics firm, says it will not lay off staff despite an industry downturn that has reduced its profit by more than 50 percent in the second quarter...
- Research articles 2001-08-22
- Despite Corporate Layoffs, Employers Confront Shortfall of 600,000 Technology Workers
- Business & Technology Editors STAMFORD, Conn.--BUSINESS WIRE--June 13, 2001 Annual META Group Staffing and Compensation Study Finds Widening Pay Gap Between Tech and Non-Tech Employees Even as both technology and traditional employers feel the effects of a cooling economy, an annual survey of 500 large American...
- Research articles 2001-06-13
- Despite Corporate Layoffs, Employers Confront Shortfall of 600,000 Technology Workers
- Business & Technology Editors STAMFORD, Conn.--BUSINESS WIRE--June 14, 2001 Annual META Group Staffing and Compensation Study Finds Widening Pay Gap Between Tech and Non-Tech Employees Even as both technology and traditional employers feel the effects of a cooling economy, an annual survey of 500 large American...
- Research articles 2001-06-14
- Cambridge, Mass.-Based Management Consulting Firm Announces Layoffs.
- By Jerry Ackerman, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 13--Arthur D. Little Inc. plans to cut up to 200 jobs, including 60 at its Cambridge headquarters, as it struggles to recover from an ill-timed information technology and electronic commerce venture....
- Research articles 2001-03-13
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