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News Source: International Business Times
| about 1 year ago
The company said profits rose because last year's earnings were artificially weighed by a large one-time restructuring cost, so the job cuts--which come on top of 4,000 already made--were necessary to improve overall profitability. The majority of...
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News Source: Asian Age
| about 1 year ago
The majority of the job cuts will be in the area of indirect labour, including agency, contractors, and offshore workers, including those based in India, the company said. At present, BT employs more than 20,000 people across the Asia-Pacific region,...
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News Source: The Scotsman
| about 1 year ago
NO apologies for this reading like the Blog of Doom. I've tried to remain upbeat in recent weeks but any optimism has been extinguished by the events of the past few days. Virgin Media (2,200 posts), GlaxoSmithKline (over 600 jobs) and Vodafone (...
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News Source: Xtra News
| about 1 year ago
The International Energy Agency (IEA) slashed its 2009 oil price forecast to 80 dollars from 110 dollars on Thursday, saying imminent recession is strangling demand in rich countries and crimping emerging economies . The IEA made further big cuts to...
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News Source: Guardian Unlimited
| about 1 year ago
The Federal Statistics Office said GDP contracted 0.5% in the third quarter, following a 0.4% drop in the second, which corresponds to the official definition of a technical recession – two consecutive reductions in GDP...Analysts had predicted...
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News Source: New Statesman
| about 1 year ago
Anyone who has ever experienced the misery of unemployment will have felt a chill on hearing this week's labour market statistics. It is a truth universally acknowledged that rates of alcoholism, drug abuse and depression rocket in times of recession.
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News Source: Uinta County News
| about 1 year ago
In its half-year results, the company said that it has already cut 4,000 employees, while a further 6,000 will go between now and March. Consultants, contractors and offshore staff among the company's total workforce of 160,000 are to be worst hit by...
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News Source: Newsbreak Online
| about 1 year ago
F ilipino businessmen expect a grim economic scenario in 2009 as a more difficult credit environment is expected to translate to a recession, which will lead to job losses. In a survey of Makati Business Club (MBC) members, 87 percent of respondents...
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News Source: San Francisco Chronicle
| about 1 year ago
The job cuts represent 12 percent of the company's global workforce and will come through a combination of workforce reductions, attrition and voluntary separations. The reduction is the second announced this calendar year by Applied Materials, which...
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News Source: Uinta County News
| about 1 year ago
The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company reported declines in its fourth fiscal quarter and 2008 fiscal year sales, underscoring the tough times ahead for all of its markets. Applied Materials makes equipment for manufacturing chips, flat panels and...