GM plans layoffs as auto sales slump Oct. 23, 2008 (Windsor Star, Canada) General Motors Corp. is planning to make involuntary cuts in its salaried and contract workforce in response to a deepening slump in U.S. auto ...
Rise in Jobless Claims Exceeds Forecast Oct. 23, 2008 (New York Times) The number of American workers filing new claims for jobless benefits rose by a larger than expected 15,000 last week, government data on Thursday ...
Merck cuts more jobs, tempers profit forecast Oct. 22, 2008 (San Diego Union-Tribune) Merck & Co said Wednesday it will cut 12 percent of its workforce, on top of earlier job cuts, and tempered its long-range earnings outlook due to ...
CITIC Securities to cut pay but no layoffs Oct. 22, 2008 (The Standard, China) 26 mins ago) Employees at China's CITIC Securities will take a 5 to 20 percent pay cut starting next month, part of a plan by the country's largest ...