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19 Oct 2009 22:46

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Biz: The New York Times, the nation’s biggest newsroom, is shrinking

  • 1,250 people work in the New York Times newsroom, including a reporter with a number for her middle name
  • 100 fewer workers will be there by the end of the year, mostly through buyouts, or scary layoffs source
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25 Aug 2009 21:07

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U.S.: The U.S. Postal Service just delivered a bunch of buyout letters

  • 30,000 job cuts are needed by the USPS source
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27 Jul 2009 10:36

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Biz: Verizon goes more wireless, cuts ties to landline workers en masse

  • 8,000 landline workers are getting let loose source
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01 Jul 2009 23:29

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Biz: Deciding furloughs weren’t enough, Gannett lays more people off

  • 1,400 employees will disappear into the nether-regions source
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17 Feb 2009 21:08

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Biz, U.S.: General Motors has a plan, and that plan is drastic

  • 47,000 job cuts for the automaker, who will have to have their pampered senior executives make the cars at that rate
  • $16.7 billion more in bailout money was requested from the government; Chrysler isn’t doing so hot, either, by the way source
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09 Feb 2009 11:04

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Biz: U.S. automakers aren’t alone: Nissan announces massive layoffs

  • 20,000 jobs will go away into the ether source
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