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>Companies announced an avalanche of cuts as financial crisis hit more workers across the globe. Find out which companies are cutting jobs, and what jobs are at risk.

 

Mass job cuts lead to violence

LAY-OFFS around the world brought on by the economic crisis will result in social upheaval and violence that could herald the death of capitalism, unions meeting at the World Social Forum in Brazil said.
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February 6, 2009
» WSJ losing 25 jobs
» Bombardier to cut 1,360
» News Corp to cut jobs

February 3, 2009
» Taiwan jobless at record high
» Spain jobless rises to 3.3m
» India may shed 1.5m export jobs
» Morgan to cut 4% jobs
» Macy's slashes 7,000 jobs

February 2, 2009
» 20m Chinese rural migrants jobless
» 800,000 job losses in the Philippines?
» 45,000 more jobless in France
» Accenture Philippines lays off 500 workers

January 31, 2009

» UK SMEs axing jobs fast
» 'Job cuts in Korea could reach 100,000 this year'

January 30, 2009
» NEC to cut 20,000 jobs
» Eurozone jobless hits 8%
» Hitachi to axe 7,000
» Employment down, retrenchment up
» Chartered Semi posts loss, cuts jobs
» More jobs, wealth lost

January 29, 2009
» Toshiba to axe 4,500 in March
» Kodak to slash up to 4,500 jobs
» Sweden, Germany get creative on jobs
» 10,000 jobless so far since Jan 1
» Retailer creates 1,200 new jobs
» Technology progress puts paid to 480 jobs

January 28, 2009
» Some 300,000 could lose their jobs
» SAP to cut 3,000 jobs
» S'pore spared from Microsoft job cuts
» Two-thirds of tech firms to keep staff
» Panasonic to slip into red, close three plants
» Japan firms to cut 400,000 temps amid slump-industry
» STMicro says to cut 4,500 jobs in 2009
» Nissan to cut 110 US jobs, close design studio
» Latin America could lose 2.4 mln jobs in 2009 -ILO
» Nomura chief sees no further job cuts
» Lenovo exploring more cost-cutting actions
» Most on Wall Street got smaller year-end bonus-survey
» News Corp interactive media cuts jobs-WSJ
» 85,000 jobs lost in one day

January 27, 2009
» 60,000 auto jobs at risk in Italy
» GM cuts 2,000 US jobs
» Silicon Valley hit by layoffs

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» Jobless ranks swell
» 20K jobs axed at Caterpillar
» Job cuts surge

 


 

 
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  News Corp to cut jobs
   
 
  Focus on workers' skills
   
 
  Americans cheer pay curb, fret over big gov't role
   
 
  Bosses, don't discredit wage scheme
   
 
  Attitude matters in job hunting
   
 
  Helping the retrenched and the needy: Two ideas
   
 
  NMP questions benefits of 5-day work week
   
 
  NTUC helps retrenched workers learn new skills
   
 
  Remove barriers facing women in the workplace: HR firm Manpower
   
 
  Japan overtime pay tumbles as crisis hits home
   
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