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Layoffs and downsizing both refer to reductions that companies make in staff.
Layoffs and downsizing both refer to reductions that companies make in staff.
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Elections deal a blow to L.A. unions
Some of the most powerful labor organizations in Los Angeles placed huge bets on mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel that went bust. All their spending and prodigious organization failed to ignite Greuel's campaign and allowed her opponent, Eric Garcetti, to...
Tags: Eric Garcetti, Government, Economy, Business and Finance, Public Employees, Unemployment
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Cessna not releasing number of layoffs
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsPlanemaker Cessna says it has started implementing a plan to cut back its workforce. Last month, the company announced it would offer early retirement to 180 workers and proceed with layoffs for others based on performance and other factors. The company...Tags: Unemployment, Job Layoffs
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Australia coal firms dig in for years of mine closures, job cuts
Reuters* Coal producers face too much supply through 2020 * Will be forced to make deeper cuts, shed more mines * Big firms best placed to weather downturn * Junior miners struggle to get funding By Rebekah Kebede PERTH, May 24 (Reuters) - Australian coal...Tags: Sumitomo Corporation, BHP Billiton Plc., Unemployment, China, Rentals
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Hartford Mayor Rejects Council's Budget Cuts
The Hartford CourantMayor Pedro Segarra on Thursday rejected more than half the cuts made to his proposed $543.9 million budget by the city council, opting for an additional $3.9 million in reductions instead of the $8.6 million approved by the council. Segarra vetoed a...Tags: Pedro E. Segarra, Larry Deutsch, Government Debt, Career and Workplace, Unemployment
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Retail roundup: J.C. Penney loan, Abercrombie apology, Mattel layoffs
The week before the Memorial Day holiday has been a busy one for retailers. Here's a sampling of happenings from Mattel, J.C. Penney and Abercrombie & Fitch. Mattel: As the El Segundo-based toymaker adapts to its newly created North America division, it...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, JC Penney Company Inc., Target, New York City, Companies and Corporations
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Eric Garcetti's winning strategy took Wendy Greuel strongholds
Eric Garcetti defeated Wendy Greuel in the Los Angeles mayor's race despite Greuel’s overwhelming support in heavily African American neighborhoods. The city controller's strength among black voters in South L.A. was too little to make up for...
Tags: Eric Garcetti, Politics, Parties and Movements, Local Elections, Kevin James
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CPS approves largest school closure in Chicago's history
Tribune reportersMonths of argument and anguish over Mayor Rahm Emanuel's push for sweeping school closings came to a climax Wednesday as his hand-picked Board of Education voted to shut 49 elementary schools and transfer thousands of children to new classroom settings....Tags: Richard M. Daley, Mahalia Jackson, University of Chicago, Francis Scott Key, Family
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CPS OKs massive closings
Months of argument and anguish over Mayor Rahm Emanuel's push for sweeping school closings came to a climax Wednesday as his hand-picked Board of Education voted to shut 49 elementary schools and transfer thousands of children to new classroom settings....
Tags: Chicago Mayor, Richard M. Daley, Mahalia Jackson, Teaching and Learning, Francis Scott Key
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Eric Garcetti faces tough tests when he takes office as mayor
In the campaign for mayor, Eric Garcetti spoke grandly about a city with plentiful summer jobs for low-income teens, a tunnel under the traffic-clogged Sepulveda Pass and even an end to homelessness. But a day after winning office, the mayor-elect faced...
Tags: Eric Garcetti, Economy, Business and Finance, Government, Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles International Airport
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Obama nominee vows to work with Congress to fund transportation
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's choice to be transportation secretary promised on Wednesday to work with Congress to figure out how to fund U.S. transportation needs during a time of tight budgets and faced lingering Republican anger...Tags: Government, National Government, Ray LaHood, U.S. Congress, John D. Rockefeller IV
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St. Mary's graduate Dominic Lamolinara anchoring Syracuse's run to Final Four
Dominic Lamolinara’s journey from Arnold to Philadelphia – the site of this weekend’s Final Four at Lincoln Financial Field – has gone a circuitous route, graduating from St. Mary’s to spending one year at Maryland to...
Tags: NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Syracuse Orange, College Sports, Lincoln Financial Field
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SocGen moves to fire Rosbank CEO after arrest
ReutersPARIS (Reuters) - Societe Generale said on Wednesday that it was moving to dismiss its top Russian executive days after his shock arrest on bribery charges. The decision by Russian subsidiary Rosbank's board to fire its head, Vladimir Golubkov, after his...Tags: Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Paris (France), Career and Workplace, Police Arrests
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