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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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31 Jul 2009 10:58

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Biz, U.S.: A light is showing at the end of the recession tunnel

  • -1% GDP is still shrinking, but much, much slower source
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10 Jul 2009 14:15

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Biz: Among the victims of the GM restructuring: Plants, workers, execs

  • ten plants will be closed by the end of next year, bringing them down to 37
  • 35% of executives will be cut, along with 27,000 other employees source
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25 Jun 2009 10:47

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Biz: Based on our GDP, the economy appears to be on the Atkins diet

  • -5.5% decline in GDP in the first quarter of ’09 source
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29 Apr 2009 09:51

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Biz, U.S.: The incredible shrinking economy shrinks even more

  • -6.1% free-fall in the United States’ GDP O_O source
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