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In any case, Mr Livingston, an avowed cost-cutter, says the "heart attack" approach to job cuts is often counterproductive.

With widespread job cuts and a recession to deal with, it's not easy to maintain a positive outlook at work these days.

"Large-scale job cuts will not take place if the governmental measures to stimulate domestic demand make its way, " he said.

Among the unions' demands were an end to public-sector job cuts, a boost to the minimum wage and a reversal of tax cuts for the rich.

Vodafone said the job cuts would come from all levels of the business, with about 170 of those jobs at its headquarters in Newbury, England.

The finance minister is keen to see the company prosper, but does not want to appear to support large-scale job cuts.

With the fear of job cuts still hanging over the economy, consumers are curbing their spending on the British high street, a survey showed.

Many companies risk losing expertise through job cuts. But by analyzing how staff interact, they may be able to minimize the damage.

Tens of thousands of additional job cuts were announced today by companies in a few different sectors.

This would mean less lending , fewer modifications to mortgage loans , more cost cutting, more capital building and more job cuts, he said .

Ballmer said the result of the job cuts and additions would be an overall staff reduction of 2, 000 to 3, 000 positions.

The firm is now planning further job cuts on top of those in its "Way Forward" plan unveiled last January.

Results included charges totaling 6 cents per share for job cuts and investments that took place in the quarter.

Some firms say that the recent job cuts are routine and that they will continue to hire people for roles that are especially important.

European plane maker Airbus unveiled its restructuring plan Wednesday, including up to 10-thousand job cuts.

It was not immediately clear if the reported job cuts would be in addition to cuts announced by Citigroup in April.

Job cuts were spread across the economy, with manufacturing, construction, retail and temporary work all severely hit.

Addressing shareholders in Basel, Marcel Rohner, chief executive, said further job cuts would be detailed next month.

There was also the impact of job cuts, which at times replaced older, experienced engineers with young recruits.

Weekly jobless claims appear to have peaked, a sign the recession might end soon and that job cuts are easing.

But executives insist that memories of the last downturn, which resulted in massive job cuts, remain fresh.

Sectoral subsidies, particularly to carmakers, have often come with pressure to ensure that any job cuts take place abroad, not at home.

workers have said they will oppose any sale if it means more job cuts , or cuts in pay or retirement benefits like health care.

Job cuts, slumping asset prices and a worsening credit drought augur ill for consumer spending too.

Companies are accelerating job cuts amid declining sales and the expectation of tougher times across the economy.

However, partial indicators and anecdotal evidence suggest job cuts are spreading and that it is getting tougher for workers to find jobs.

Like other Wall Street banks, Lehman focused its initial job cuts on its mortgage origination and securitization businesses.

The new skills set also will help if you're part of the next round of job cuts.

The labour ministry had favoured tougher rules , including a right to block deals if they threatened big job cuts .

He painted a grim picture - forecasting more job cuts, slower growth and the increasing risk of a recession.

Foreign companies are often reluctant to do so, he says, for fear of government hostility to job cuts.

France's railways are in the grip of a strike led by communist unions over new work practices and job cuts.

But job cuts, tanking investment portfolios and sinking home values have made American consumers wary of spending.

Other financial institutions, including Goldman Sachs and UBS, have announced job cuts and suffered double-digit share price declines.

Many Japanese manufacturers have already made swingeing job cuts as they adjust to the downturn.

"People will accept job cuts as long as you treat them with dignity, " he adds.

At the time, it announced 1, 300 job cuts and said it would end its strategy of acquisitions.

The risk is greatest in countries where job cuts have so far been modest.

Nevertheless, Caterpillar looms large, and its job cuts have shaken the region.

The judge agreed that workers' representatives, who are afraid of job cuts, needed more time to look at the terms of the deal.

As business skids and job cuts mount, Wall Street employees still left already were girding themselves for smaller bonuses.

GM released no further details, but salaried job cuts and reductions in benefits and executive compensation are likely.

However, trade unions in Germany fear more job cuts from a merger of two domestic banks.

Job cuts were nearly across the board in September in every major category with the exception of government, which added 9, 000 jobs.

The area's regeneration comes against the backdrop of job cuts, pension reform and recession.

Voters will be angry when banks, having been propped up by piles of public money, propose painful job cuts or allow insolvent firms to fail.

But job cuts and online obligations mean journalists are also more desperate for copy, making them a softer touch.

It should be ready for occupancy (or, given recent job cuts, partial occupancy) next year.

June's job cuts reversed a trend of lower month-by-month losses in the U.

He points to a big drop in the number of planned job cuts announced by employers over the past six months.

The job cuts are seen as unprecedented in Malaysia, where sackings at state-owned companies have been taboo for political reasons.

In neighboring Spain, painful measures were announced on Wednesday including 5 percent reductions in civil service pay and job cuts.

Sometimes, CEOs are forced to cut because they need to make big changes quickly, but most job cuts are more aggressive than they need to be.

But the unions also want a higher minimum wage, a cut in VAT and an end to civil-service job cuts.

In the public department's expection of job cuts, the career prospect in mid-term is not clear yet.

Most job cuts are happening in the manufacturing sector - from toy makers to automakers.

Even Total, the oil giant that has just reported big profits, has announced job cuts in France.

October was the 22nd consecutive month of job cuts in the US economy.

Granted, job cuts will reduce Citi's cost base, eventually boosting earnings.

The majority of the job cuts came from the company's Cypress, California headquarters, leaving only 390 employees at that location.

Rounds of closures and job cuts were difficult to negotiate with unions, and were always too little too late.

Job cuts are still high, but that isn't unusual at the end of recessions.

Some of Toyota's rivals announced massive job cuts this week.

Later, on Friday, Caterpillar added another 2, 110 job cuts to its previously announced reductions, bringing its tally to more than 22, 000.

The freeze would help mitigate future possible job cuts, Hinton wrote.

On August 1st HSBC announced job cuts totalling 30, 000 around the world, some one in ten of its staff.

Motorola said that the majority of the employees affected in the Q3 job cuts are located in Germany.

Planned job cuts at air bus became an issue in the French presidential election.

Merck's joining the parade of Big Pharma companies announcing new job cuts.

It is a market and you need to sell yourself, not just when job cuts are in the offing, but all the time.

That is largely due to the dependence of poorer states on manufacturing, which has suffered big job cuts over the past decade.

Mergers also typically lead to job cuts, casting another shadow over an already weak labor market.

Microsoft has declined to comment on any likelihood of job cuts.

The latest round of job cuts will only exacerbate this problem.

The job cuts have continued in Q3, as well. Motorola added that it cut another 1, 000 jobs in the quarter, which ended this week.

But the overall labor market is about 75% larger today, so the job cuts now represent a smaller share of the work force.

Labor unions are being told there are no plans for major job cuts beyond the 13000 that Chrysler announced in February.

That could raise hopes that job-cuts may have peaked.

A survey of leading bankers projects that job cuts in the industry will average some 90, 000 jobs annually until the year 2000.

Verizon, America's second-biggest telecoms company, announced a further 8, 000 job cuts at its landline division.

Fiat of Italy and the world's largest diamond company De Beers also announced job cuts.

On Monday it said it would finish the job cuts by next year, one year ahead of schedule.

Later in the week, he will visit a factory in Peoria, Illinois, where workers are facing job cuts.

On this pessimistic view, City-related job cuts could exceed 50, 000 this year.

Job cuts in manufacturing have slowed.

Unless there is generous bank finance, dealing with that is likely to mean job cuts.

Some analysts would have preferred more radical measures, such as bolder acquisitions and job cuts.

And it's not just students who are angry. In Greece, journalists went on strike for 24 hours, over recent job cuts.

Alcoa, the world's largest aluminium producer, announced 15, 000 job cuts and a 50% decrease in capital spending because of the downturn.

The job cuts were expected to come mainly through attrition.

Job cuts. Plunging share prices. A slew of regulation that is forcing a radical overhaul of the way banks do business.

Last month's job cuts total exceeded most economists' expectations by more than 100, 000.

The end of 2008 approaches amidst job cuts, a financial crisis and much worry and speculation about the future.

The job cuts are detailed on page 17 in a section subtitled "Getting Fit - Fast! " .

Last year's job cuts, which were part of a restructuring plan sponsored by the World Bank, indicated the disappearance of a national icon.

Job cuts earlier in the decade created a shortfall of people now.

Typically, job cuts are good for shareholders because they reduce labour costs and improve efficiency.

The group signalled further big job cuts to adjust to reduced business, with 8, 700 jobs to go by 2010.

RHJ wants less state aid -- 3. 8 billion euros -- and plans a similar number of job cuts.

Wachovia expects $525 million to $650 million of restructuring costs for the job cuts.

On November 18th Chip Hornsby, Wolseley's boss, announced another 2, 300 job cuts at his firm.

UBS surprised the market by announcing a further 8, 700 job cuts.

The job cuts are simply a step in the right direction.

The insurance sector faces around 600 job cuts, with professional services firms such as headhunters accounting for another 300.

A car parts manufacturer employing 500 in the south Wales valleys announces 128 job cuts.

The job cuts come after a series of other cost-cutting moves by Google.

Two-thirds of the job cuts, or about 3, 500 jobs, will be made at Credit Suisse's investment bank.

The shop's inauguration coincided with a round of job cuts by Hong Kong's financial institutions, some of them also housed within the IFC.

The results included a $144. 5 million after-tax charge, or 29 cents a share, related to the job cuts and factory consolidation.

But July job cuts were revised upward, while the jobless rate jumped to 9. 7 percent, a fresh 26-year high.

The job cuts bring RIM's headcount to about 17, 000 people.

The job cuts will take place this year and reduce GM's salaried workforce by about 10, 000 to 63, 000.

On one day in January some 1m-2. 5m people protested against low pay and job cuts.

The job cuts will make it leaner but also hurt morale.

these new job cuts in the public sector could save three quarters of $1 billion over the next few years

The planned job cuts at the Spanish plant will be reduced to a maximum of 900, the unions said in a statement. [ID: nLK397288]

It is likely to involve job cuts in France and in Germany, the sale or closure of factories and lots of outsourcing;

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