WSJ: According to Labor Department statistics released today, nonfarm payrolls rose by 431,000 in May. Economists, however, were expecting an additional 100,000 plus jobs. Financial…
CNN Money: “Announced job cuts have, for all intents and purposes, returned to pre-recession levels,” according to a report issued by the outplacement firm Challenger,…
Reuters: New York Governor David Paterson still believes that the state needs to layoff some 10,000 employees in order to slim down the state’s nearly…
Bloomberg: The chocolate legend Hershey could cut anywhere from 500 to 600 jobs from its world famous Chocolate Avenue plant in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The company…
Seeking to automate many of its services, the tech giant Hewlett Packard announced plans today to cut 9,000 jobs by 2013, says InformationWeek. The shift…
Reuters: The American cigarette manufacturer Reynolds has announced that it will be closing two plants. The factories slated for closure, the Whitaker Park facility in…
The Chicago Tribune reports that some 700 employees of Michigan’s Wayne County will not, for the moment, face temporary layoffs. The County planned to implement…
BusinessWeek: The business management software company Lawson Software announced yesterday evening that it plans to cut 150 to 200 jobs from its M3 enterprise management…
DailyFinance: Although initial jobless claims fell from last week, the current four week average shows that claims rose. Earlier this year actually showed a decrease…