Smith Electric Vehicles US will announce tomorrow the construction of an assembly plant in Kansas City, Missouri. The US-British consortium expects to employ 200 people…
Santa Cruz, California's Plantronics will cut 670 positions and close its manufacturing plant in Suzhou, China. Plantronics will outsource its production of Bluetooth headsets to…
The Boston School Committee has approved an $812 million budget for 2010 that would cut more than 500 positions, including over 200 teachers and classroom…
The Washington Post Co. is cutting jobs at its flagship newspaper, and is pursuing an unspecified number of voluntary buyouts. The Washington Post will lose…
California's Pajaro Valley School District is cutting 222 jobs this week. The custodians, school secretaries and other classified staff will join the nearly 200 teachers…
Google is cutting its sales and marketing staff by nearly 200 positions, the biggest round of layoffs in the company's history. The cuts were announced…
Fairchild Semiconductor will close a Pennsylvania wafer fabrication plant as part of the chip maker's ongoing cost-reduction. The company, based in South Portland, Maine, cut…
Walt Disney World, Central Florida's largest employer with 62,000 "cast members," is laying off an undisclosed number of employees. Press sources are saying Disney laid…