Sunnyvale, California communications chip maker Applied Micro Circuits is cutting jobs and compensation in a move to reduce costs. The job cuts will effect about…
Pratt & Whitney Canada will cut 1,000 jobs, or about 10% of the small-engine maker’s worldwide workforce, as business-jet production slows. About 5,500 of Pratt…
Rockwell Collins is cutting 30 jobs at its Richardson, Texas facility as part of a plan to eliminate 500 positions company-wide. A spokesperson for the…
Continuing with is restructuring plan, packaging giant MeadWestvaco will begin shutting down manufacturing operations in Washington Court House, Ohio in April, a move that will…
As General Motors prepares to cut thousands of white-collar workers, the automaker will not offer the voluntary buyout packages that have been customary in previous…
The United States lost nearly 600,000 jobs in January, sending the unemployment rate to 7.6%, the highest in 16 years, according to the Labor Department.…
Emerson Electric, the St. Louis, Missouri-based maker of "InSinkErator" garbage disposals, plans as many as 14,000 job cuts in 2008. The firm has already eliminated…
Federal Way, Washington-based Weyerhaeuser reported today a wider Q4 loss and announced further job cuts. The forest-products company's net loss widened to more than $1.21…
Montreal's Bombardier, the world’s third-largest maker of commercial aircraft, says it plans to cut 1,360 jobs at its aerospace unit, or 4.5% of the division’s…