Job Losses

Source: news.uk.msn.com --- 11 days ago
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Source: news.bbc.co.uk --- 12 days ago
Scotland's financial sector should brace itself for Job Losses as a result of the credit crunch, a report suggests. ...

Source: news.bbc.co.uk --- 2 days ago
Talks are held in southern Scotland after a dyeing firm goes into administration with the loss of 62 jobs. ...

Source: news.bbc.co.uk --- 3 days ago
A timber firm in Oxfordshire announces plans to almost half its workforce due to a downturn in house building. ...

Source: www.reuters.com --- 8 days ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City's financial sector lost 2,000 jobs in June compared with its year-ago level, the first such drop in what could be a severe downturn as banks and brokerages become less profitable, a state labor department market analyst said on Thursday. ...

Source: www.bankrate.com --- 7 days ago
The economy remains 0-for-2008 in the Job growth department, with the economy posting Job Losses every month thus far. ...

Source: www.iol.co.za --- 10 days ago
Two of the biggest umbrella bodies in the clothing and motor industries have denied allegations that they retrench workers without consulting with unions first. ...

Source: www.stuff.co.nz --- 10 days ago
The Bay of Plenty Rugby Union (BOPRU) has taken the axe to its staffing levels. ...

Source: icwales.icnetwork.co.uk --- 9 days ago
UP to 650 jobs are being cut at Halifax Bank of Scotland as part of plans to merge two of its business banking divisions, it has announced. ...

Source: www.nzherald.co.nz --- 8 days ago
SYDNEY - Qantas has labelled claims in media reports that it is about to axe 2000 jobs worldwide in a bid to offset skyrocketing jet fuel prices as "pure speculation". Following an internal email issued to Qantas staff this week,... ...

Source: www.miamiherald.com --- 8 days ago
The top Job-loss state in the nation. Shrinking wages. Collapsing population growth. Record home foreclosures. Florida's economy is not just firmly and bleakly in the red ---- it will likely stay that way until next June, according to the state government's top economists who issued their most pessimistic financial forecast in years. ...

Source: www.alternet.org --- 2 days ago
A look at Lou Uchitelle's NYT piece: 'Women Are Now Equal as Victims of Poor Economy.' ...

Source: www.newsisfree.com --- 5 days ago
Despite calls from the presidential campaign trail for a Memorial Day-to-Labor Day tax freeze, lawmakers quickly concluded -- with a prod from the construction industry -- that having $9 billion less to spend on highways could create a pre-election specter of thousands of lost jobs. [in KDKA - Pittsburgh's Source for Breaking News, Weather and Sports: Consumer ] ...

Source: www.ireland.com --- 7 days ago
Job Losses in the construction sector are accelerating as building activity contracts sharply, data released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) showed. ...

Source: www.tv3.co.nz --- 3 days ago
Economic dogma is being blamed for the closure of part of the Silver Ferns Farm meat processing plant just out of Christchurch. ...

Source: www.fijitimes.com --- 3 days ago
Update: 3:43PM The Bottled Water Industry has warned of Job Losses pending the outcome of the Fiji Islands Revenue and Customs Authority maintaining the 20 cents per litre excise duty and export duty on mineral water. ...

Source: www.news.com.au --- 7 days ago
QANTAS shedding staff is the clearest signal yet that the strength of the labour market is turning and more companies could follow suit, economists say. ...

Source: www.contractjournal.com --- 10 days ago
JCB is cutting around 500 jobs in response to a rapid decline in orders, which has resulted in a 20% reduction in its forecast production schedule for the remainder of this year. ...

Source: www.odt.co.nz --- 3 days ago
Restructuring of the South Island meat industry may not yet be over despite Silver Fern Farms yesterday closing its Canterbury sheep and lamb works with the loss of 249 jobs, the sixth plant it has closed, or downsized. read more ...

Source: www.www.meathchronicle.ie --- 2 days ago
As activity in the national and local construction industry continues to slow and many workers face an uncertain future following the annual builders’ holidays, related industries are also starting to feel the pinch. ...