Read more job cuts stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/14518/job-cuts.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:33:52 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74403/aol-to-lay-off-a-third-of-staff.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAOL says it plans to cut about a third of its work force once it is spun off from Time Warner. That would amount to nearly 2,300 of the roughly 6,900 workers at the struggling company. AOL said in a securities filing today it will impose the cuts...http://www.newser.com/story/74403/aol-to-lay-off-a-third-of-staff.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 8:13:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73209/johnson-johnson-to-slash-8700-jobs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJohnson & Johnson will cut 7% of its workforce—some 8,400 jobs—and make other other restructuring moves in order to save up to $900 million next year. The New Brunswick, NJ, company says it will also simplify its business structure in order to achieve savings that will add...http://www.newser.com/story/73209/johnson-johnson-to-slash-8700-jobs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Nov 2009 8:56:08 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/63386/june-jobless-rate-hits-95-a-26-year-high.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEmployers cut a larger-than-expected 467,000 jobs in June, driving the unemployment rate up to a 26-year high of 9.5% and suggesting that the economy's road to recovery will be bumpy. The Labor Department report released today, which shows 100,000 more jobs shed than expected, indicates that even...http://www.newser.com/story/63386/june-jobless-rate-hits-95-a-26-year-high.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 02 Jul 2009 8:17:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61114/dow-ends-big-week-up-13.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe markets stalled today even as the Dow flirted with its peak for the year, the Wall Street Journal reports. An early rally on better-than-expected job loss data lost steam on news that the unemployment rate itself grew to its highest since 1983. And insiders aren’t sure that oil and...http://www.newser.com/story/61114/dow-ends-big-week-up-13.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 05 Jun 2009 15:15:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59394/amex-to-ax-4k-jobs-in-800m-chop.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmerican Express said today it plans to slash 4,000 jobs as part of an $800 million cost-cutting plan, CNNMoney reports. The cuts are in addition to 7,000 workers slated last fall to be laid off. Amex also plans to reduce operating costs and investment spending. The company "has...http://www.newser.com/story/59394/amex-to-ax-4k-jobs-in-800m-chop.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 18 May 2009 17:48:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58435/layoffs-slow-as-unemployment-hits-89-worst-since-83.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe pace of layoffs slowed in April when US employers cut 539,000 jobs, the fewest in 6 months; economists had expected 620,000 job cuts. But the unemployment rate climbed to 8.9%, the highest since late 1983, as many businesses remain wary of hiring in a climate of...http://www.newser.com/story/58435/layoffs-slow-as-unemployment-hits-89-worst-since-83.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 08 May 2009 8:45:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57327/gm-to-cut-21k-us-factory-jobs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGeneral Motors will cut 21,000 US factory jobs by next year, phase out its Pontiac brand, and ask the government to take company stock in exchange for half of GM's government debt as part of a major restructuring effort needed to get more government aid, the firm said today....http://www.newser.com/story/57327/gm-to-cut-21k-us-factory-jobs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 27 Apr 2009 8:53:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57256/economy-forces-boomerang-kids-back-home.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter losing their jobs and homes, some middle-aged adults are losing something else—independence from their parents, the Washington Post reports. The recession is forcing so-called “boomerang kids” back into their childhood homes, raising questions about how easily parents can accommodate refilled nests amid tough economic times. "It's much more...http://www.newser.com/story/57256/economy-forces-boomerang-kids-back-home.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 26 Apr 2009 14:08:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55220/stocks-flat-after-jobs-data.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagStocks ran out of gas at the open today, as investors digested a grim jobs report. The Dow and S&P were essentially flat, the Wall Street Journal reports, while the Nasdaq inched higher, on strong earnings from Research in Motion. The BlackBerry maker posted a 26% gain in earnings and...http://www.newser.com/story/55220/stocks-flat-after-jobs-data.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 03 Apr 2009 8:48:21 CDT