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Beijing may have judged that, at a time of job losses and potential social unrest, it was prudent to throw a bone to nationalist sentiment.

Fund managers warned of job losses and said the industry would be crippled.

Experts say the failure of any one of the Big Three could trigger massive job losses and send the U. S. deeper into recession.

Now the pendulum is beginning to swing back as local governments attempt to minimise job losses in their own back yards.

The bank said the improvement at CSFB, which has shed thousands of jobs in recent years, could come without big job losses.

It is hard to see how China can be blamed for job losses when America's unemployment rate (4. 5%) is close to its lowest for decades.

So far, the pattern of job losses in this recession resembles that of the early post-war downturns (starting in 1948, 1953 and 1957).

In a statement, Debenhams said it had endeavoured to minimise job losses by integrating the Jervis Street and Henry Street stores.

The implication was that free trade with Mexico would cause significant job losses in the United States.

"This is the start of a wave of job losses that will likely extend through the first half of this year, " he said.

Workers had feared the sale of the company would result in job losses and a deterioration in conditions.

Employers continue to slash jobs at a rapid pace, and economists expect severe job losses to continue at least into the summer.

Areas of the Gulf have been closed to fishing. But job losses in the fishing industry are not the only worry.

The housing market continues to be very fragile and could be threatened further by rising job losses.

Recent economic research has often found a greater link between globalisation and job losses.

As well as the United States, GM operates in countries around the world, so job losses could spread far and wide.

That was a bit more than expected, but consistent with a generally moderating pace of job losses.

U. S. job losses continued to mount this week, with Pfizer, Caterpillar and Boeing reporting massive reductions.

But a merger would entail heavy job losses at a time when Ver. di is marshalling strikes at every large German retail bank.

"Many job losses are occurring in industries with broken business models and jobs won't return quickly, " he said.

Night after night, French television news seems to announce yet more job losses and factory closures.

The survey reveals the extent to which workers have engaged with employers to stave off job losses and company closures.

Republicans are taking aim at the potential economic impact of the measure, saying it would increase energy cause and led to job losses.

"We are likely to see further sizeable job losses and increased unemployment in the coming months, " he warned.

Europe, meanwhile, is hoping to burn off the calories in the future. It has opted to contain job losses at the cost of lower productivity.

Worn-out consumers battered by job losses, shrinking nest eggs have retrenched, throwing the economy into a tailspin.

A vote for a rise, British delegates said, would be a vote for job losses elsewhere in physics.

Spain might have a quarter of a million fewer unemployed people had it shut its doors when serious job losses began in 2008.

Are traders already pressing major job losses into the market at this point?

Low-cost Chinese goods are seen to help retailers and consumers in Europe more than they trigger job losses.

The authority estimates this could result in 800 job losses in the basin and a fall in farm output of up to 17%.

Its economic slump was no deeper than Ireland's, its job losses were less severe and it seems better positioned for recovery.

Even at such firms, however, job losses are expected to be below the national average, because their employees' skills are so valuable.

The United States has officially entered a recession, with massive job losses, continued home foreclosures, and extreme market volatility.

Because, after two years of job losses, we've added private-sector jobs for 12 straight months -- more than 1 million in all.

Every week seems to bring more factory closures or industrial job losses, and those in work are fearful that they are next in line.

Job losses in construction and related industries, which have so far been mild, are likely to rise sharply.

German job losses have been stemmed by a government scheme that subsidises the wages of those on short-time working.

The US government has been under intense pressure to protect domestic industries in an effort to stem the flow of job losses.

The January data was not only a bit worse than anticipated, but December's job losses were revised upward.

Job losses are expected in the City of London, Europe's premier financial centre and one of the UK's main drivers of growth.

Regrettably , there will be up to 165 probable job losses and redundancy consultations have commenced with employees.

The pace of job losses eased in the United States in April, perhaps a signal that the worst of the recession has passed.

Policy must thus focus on liberalizing the labour-intensive services sector to help offset job losses in the export sector.

The United States experienced job losses unprecedented in the post-Second World War era during the recent recession.

Paltry pay rises, as well as job losses, mean employment income is probably growing by less than 3%, well below the inflation rate.

The intention is being strongly opposed by the United Auto Workers union, which argues that the plan will subsidize US job losses.

If this situation persisted it could compel the affected mines to close parts of their operations resulting in job losses.

The two states with the lowest unemployment rates were North Dakota and Nebraska, whose farm economies have been shielded from job losses.

Even if job losses in construction and manufacturing begin to push up the unemployment rate, the labour market will still be tight.

The comment follows a disappointing monthly unemployment report that showed continuing job losses in the United States.

Even so, ratification could take months or years, as public fears over trade and potential job losses persist. South Korea and the U.

Small wonder that the pace of job losses is increasing and that business surveys are showing a sharp cutback in investment intentions.

With unemployment remaining very high , job losses to the " new mercantilism " abroad are likely to incite strong political reactions .

So when the rules governing exports to rich countries were changed at the beginning of 2005, Bangladeshis feared huge job losses.

Concerns at widespread job losses across the finance sector prompted unions to demand a "social contract" to protect jobs.

The global financial turmoil has led to tens of thousands of job losses in financial services.

In a note to journalists, President-elect Barack Obama said each of the job losses represent a "personal crisis" for an American family.

The rise of China is increasingly associated with job losses for ordinary Americans and a challenge to American power.

As job losses mount and businesses go under, criticism of the euro and the European Central Bank can be expected to mount.

The Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy said Tonghua's workers feared job losses and limited severance payouts in a merger.

The vast majority of these arise due to job losses , or inadequate or unpaid wages , in addition to illegal land seizures .

Thousands of job losses could push higher education into crisis, the university lecturers' union has warned.

However, analysts say the number of job losses was lower than expected and suggest that labor market conditions might now be stabilizing.

But job losses in the fishing industry are not the only worry.

e. g. The job losses stem largely from the amalgamation of TSB's bank and insurance operations into a unified 'bancassurance'.

"The anticipation of money for state and local governments is already preventing job losses. "

That's the part of the economy - automobiles, appliances, textiles, electronics - that has seen the steepest job losses.

The next monthly employment report, due Friday, is expected to show continued heavy job losses.

On February 9th he visited Elkhart, a town racked by job losses since the local recreational-vehicle factories started cutting back.

The retail, restaurant and professional-services industries all posted substantial job losses, as did construction and manufacturing.

And harsh spending cuts, while they have led to huge job losses, have failed to restore confidence.

The impact of job losses at private companies and wage cuts for civil servants is starting to be felt more widely.

"This is where the job losses are, " he said. "Singapore and Dubai are recruiting people. That makes them look positive. "

Most economists believe the U. S. doesn't need another round of stimulus now despite expectations of continued severe job losses.

So despite the rising job losses, a new graduate should embrace the market as the first challenge of a long career.

Here again, the SA government, is unlikely to wave through a deal involving significant job losses.

But no stimulus package could have come close to preventing 2. 5 million job losses over six months.

The idea was to boost spending, thereby creating demand for products, while reducing job losses.

AS job losses mount and bailout costs run into the trillions, the social costs of the economic downturn become clearer.

Unions in developed countries protest job losses and pressure groups accuse multinationals of exploiting third world workforces.

It was the most severe consecutive string of job losses since World War Two.

Bigger job losses will dent consumer spending, which has held up fairly well so far.

Spending on these policies has increased in many countries but has not kept pace with the scale of job losses.

Job losses, job uncertainty and slashed budgets are all pressures that could push someone over the edge.

Narrated by Matt Damon, the film demystifies the complex mechanisms that led to millions of home and job losses.

When put on the spot and asked whether he would repeal NAFTA, he says that would cause more job losses than gains.

And the Bush administration claims this is the best economy of our lifetime and that job losses are a myth.

Men make up half of the workforce but have shouldered more than three-quarters of the 5. 1m job losses since the recession started.

China insists it is countering protectionism and fears about job losses at home in a slumbering global economy.

Signs of waning sales come as New York's economy prepares for a wave of job losses on Wall Street.

The tobacco industry claims the ban will result in at least 550 job losses.

State employers could carry on in this spirit after that, pointing out that the more pay can be kept down, the fewer the job losses.

In Greece, striking workers blocked access to the Acropolis in protest against job losses and were dispersed by riot police with teargas.

Within months, however, ShoreBank found itself in deep trouble as a sharp rise in job losses hit its borrowers.

Korea is primarily an export nation, and stalling global demand will quickly feed through to lower corporate profitability and job losses.

That search has costs of its own: restructuring would require job losses in some enterprises.

Nonetheless, the bankruptcy will likely have ripple effects on the broader economy, particularly through job losses.

Apart from credit-supply constraints, demand is lacking, particularly in the household sector, where job losses curb the urge to splurge.

Reorganizations grab fewer headlines than job losses, but they are common in a recession, and often precede or follow layoffs.

The heavy job losses and financial markets crises have eaten away at retirement accounts, hiked medical costs and stifled spending.

Traditional workplaces will have to make way for modern versions and job losses will be difficult to avoid.

Since many Americans blame US job losses on foreign workers, outsourcing is a politically sensitive topic for lawmakers.

Outsourcing need not necessarily result in job losses in a particular territory or country.

Job losses, declining equity and house wealth, and tight credit conditions have weighed on consumer sentiment and spending.

Once admitted, treatment can be worse than the trauma: the austerity packages, welfare cuts, job losses.

Mr. Obama has not actually raised taxes. And his supporters say he has prevented further job losses.

Harris Private Bank's Jack Ablin says deep recessions generate a vicious circle between job losses and reduced economic activity.

Near term, consumer confidence is being hit by fears of job losses and pay cuts. The possibility of deflation soon could harm spending, too.

Monthly job losses aren't as bad as they were from December to March, when payrolls were trimmed by more than 600, 000, Mr. Bernstein said.

Pain which the year-long credit crunch has inflicted on the economy is becoming more apparent as house prices tumble and job losses mount.

But other Republicans, including President Bush reject the legislation, saying it would increase energy costs and lead to job losses.

True, employers are pushing through measures like pay freezes that were once unthinkable, and this should reduce job losses.

The housing collapse, higher oil prices (now receding ), job losses and sagging stocks have battered confidence.

Recessions, after all, cause real damage: job losses, higher levels of business failures, and falling tax receipts.

it hoped the job losses in other parts of the group could come through attrition and internal redeployments.

But officials fear that rapid appreciation would shock the economy and hammer exports, resulting in millions of job losses.

The job losses in finance extend far beyond the money center of New York.

Yet for much of the past two years the biggest source of job losses has been the public sector.

Together, the cuts will account for about 65 per cent of the bank's 10, 000 planned job losses.

Ireland and Spain, where construction boomed and then subsided most dramatically, have already seen heavy job losses.

Fears of job losses, coupled with falling wages, have locked spending in a downward spiral for the past four months.

Then again, public-sector job losses helped drive the unemployment rate up to 9. 2% in June, which didn't obviously do a lot for confidence.

The threat of trickle-down job losses among suppliers was a big part of the argument for why a bailout was needed.

Credit dries up, and the economy can enter a vicious cycle of falling asset prices and job losses. That is what began to happen in 2008.

The runaway piracy problem harms ticket sales and eventually leads to job losses of the movie industry.

They will also fuel concerns among investment bankers about widespread job losses if activity does not pick up.

At these levels all sorts of risks arise: increasing job losses, more bad debts in the banking system, all crowned with social unrest.

The bank also announced an extra 300 job losses on top of the 1, 575 already earmarked.

With many mortgage loans underwater, continuing job losses are pushing ever more households into default.

The root problems of job losses and wage cuts persist, making a sustained U. S. housing recovery elusive.

Hints: Rob NaborsLast month more Americans than expected lost their jobs. Job losses had fallen every month since January. The news r.

Fully 75 percent of Americans say that China causes job losses in the US; the same amount are troubled by China's military modernization.

Consumers have reined in spending, eroding sales-tax receipts, while job losses have cut income-tax collections.

Factory job losses were just the beginning.

Increasing governmental burden directly causes capital flight and job losses, as Spain has learned.

Previously, job losses were spread broadly throughout the economy.

Job losses remain large, housing values keep dropping and corporate earnings outlooks are mostly muted.

The Mortgage Bankers' Association reacted by warning of job losses as banks curtail credit to small businesses.

The UK is cutting them by half for solar panel installations; companies are warning of job losses and shrinking revenues.

Experts believe the loss of one of Detroit's "big three" would cause more than a million job losses among suppliers and contractors.

The increase in unrest has paralleled the increase of business and factory closings and job losses.

Economies are struggling as credit remains tight for many borrowers, companies hesitate to spend, and job losses mount.

But on the streets of Michigan and Ohio, such job losses spell fear -- and fear is what Mr. Obama must conquer to revive the economy.

High food and fuel prices, housing and credit problems, job losses, worries about a recession.

If they look for higher wages to compensate for a drop in purchasing power, that will only lead to job losses.

Mr. Appel says he needs to stanch DHL's huge losses in its American express service now to prevent many more job losses in future.

Fears of job losses and rising competition have more to do with China than eastern Europe.

The state in both countries has cushioned consumption indirectly by stemming job losses.

Even as job losses mount and profits plunge, some glimmers of stabilization are emerging in global markets.

Job losses in the developed world are a fact of life and those losses are going to increase.

There will be a lot of job losses, because the only way the merging makes senses they've closed a lot of stores, and cut costs.

But there are signs that job losses are accelerating in France and Germany as well.

In addition, some fear changes in investment bank pay structures mandated by the Dodd-Frank financial laws may contribute to job losses.

Trades Unions blamed the suicides and job losses, constant re-structuring and high stress levels at work.

By friends, neighbors and family discrimination and job losses make patients sicker.

Amid all the job losses of the Great Recession, there is one category of worker that the economic disruption has been good for: nonhumans.

New Jersey's job losses were almost entirely due to cuts in government employment.

With an upcoming Memorial Day recess looming , members of Congress are expected to field questions about the job losses.

As economic growth slows and factories close, job losses threaten social stability.

It's been another black day for the north-east with the announcement of further job losses.

Slowing job losses is a long way from healthy job gains, in other words, and unemployment will be on the rise for some time to come.

But he noted one mitigating factor: the fact that most of the job losses were for part-time posts.

With job losses mounting, governments pondered measures to stave off a deep economic slump.

Portugal has suffered more: a quarter of its job losses between 2003 and 2006 involved jobs heading overseas, mostly to new EU members.

It's been another black day for the motor industry, with announcements of major job losses.

Continuing job losses, coupled with declines in the value of stocks and homes, have put consumers under severe stress.

The implications for job losses and poverty increases in the developing world are worrying.

The change of sentiment has been sparked by last week's US payrolls report, which saw far fewer job losses in July than expected.

But the pace of job losses and scale of debt levels mean nobody is confident previous correlations will hold.

Rising unemployment and fears of more job losses are deterring many potential buyers.

With staff costs more within publishers' control, the pace of job losses is accelerating.

Were one or more of Detroit's Big Three to fail, that would deepen the recession and cause more job losses, industry officials warned.

And religious leaders have the added task of explaining job losses and pay cuts in spiritual terms.

Job losses help explain the latest numbers from the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The additional costs to the country as a whole were largely psychological: job losses because of a loss of confidence, for instance.

Now recession and job losses have added fuel to long-held grievances over the government's failure to deliver basic services.

Russia's oil-fired economic miracle is unraveling as industry shrinks and job losses mount.

Adding to consumers' pain is that the end of the recession isn't likely to mark the end of job losses.

But the prospect of more job losses and the soaring U. S. debt load caused stocks to essentially finish flat by Friday.

workers have been protesting in large numbers at job losses.

Employment data released this month showed worse-than-expected job losses.

This recession has centered not on businesses but consumers, who are being hit by dwindling home prices and job losses.

disproportionately hit by heavy job losses in blue-collar industries.

While China's currency may well be undervalued, the fundamental causes of the job losses and the trade deficit actually lie elsewhere.

They are growing disillusioned because of his inability to keep his promises to stem industrial decline and job losses.

Media reports of job losses to China and the destructive effect of Wal-Mart on local businesses are ubiquitous.

But official figures on both job losses and unemployment rates are squishier.

That's due in part to an exodus created by massive job losses in the automotive industry.

Their group was targeted to carry the burden of job losses.

"These declines are unprecedented. The last time we had three months in a row of job losses over 600, 000 was in 1945. "

both those preparing to start a career and those having to adjust to job changes and job losses.

Governments must provide answers to the social unrest which is brewing behind the massive job losses.

If the scale of the BarCap cuts was replicated group-wide, it would mean more than 3, 000 job losses.

Job losses in the older, heavy industries have hit some local communities very hard.

The threat of a deep recession, with massive job losses, is very real.

Either scenario would mean more job losses than under his proposals, he warned.

With unemployment already at 8. 3%, and global car sales collapsing, the French are particularly worried about job losses and stagnant pay.

You start lobbing in job losses, and all of the mortgage issues get exacerbated.

In the 1990's, labor market policies in Europe were often geared toward stopping job losses.

That sounds good and it's certainly better than more job losses.

So long as labour markets are flexible, job losses in manufacturing should eventually be offset by new jobs elsewhere.

This is explained by Beijing's desire to avoid job losses in the industry.

TT Electronics said it planned to reduce its global workforce by 700 this year, with 100 job losses in its Weybridge office.

Permanent workers, even at big companies such as Nissan and Panasonic that have announced deep job losses, are on relatively surer ground.

Toyota has already taken other steps to adjust output without job losses.

Employers' groups called on the Government to ramp up support for young people, particularly ahead of wide-scale public sector job losses.

A tough and able task force oversaw Chrysler's tie-up with Fiat and savage job losses at GM.

Yeah, it is only the second time this year the job losses were up from the previous month.

Republicans say tax hikes on the wealthy would result in massive job losses.

Forced layoffs can feed a downward spiral of weaker spending and job losses.

But overall job losses were far less severe than most economists had feared.

Moreover, the Chinese authorities will be wary of imposing large adjustment costs on corporations too quickly and causing large job losses.

The fallacy is to confuse gross job losses with net job losses.

They do indeed account for most new jobs, but they also account for most job losses.

Beijing has opposed growing international pressure to appreciate its currency partly because of fears of job losses in export industries.

At home, job losses continue to weigh on domestic demand.

The HSBC job losses build on the grim trend that swept through Europe last week.

The job losses of the past decade, though, are only the most recent chapter in a much longer story.

The government agreed to halve its budget deficit with tax rises and austerity measures, including public-sector job losses.

Job losses resulting from changes in production.

Many of the job losses arising from the restructuring of state owned enterprises are being absorbed by the private sector.

it's also a way to avoid job losses and limit the depth of the economy's slump.

That would also help to support consumption: about half of China's job losses among migrant workers have been in the building industry.

Any dynamic economy that is constantly creating new, higher-value jobs faces factory closings and job losses that are real and painful.

Abuses can run in both directions: good rules may be killed because of politically unpalatable job losses.

It also marked the first time in nearly five years that there were job losses for two months in a row.

But the report acknowledged that, overall, the pace of job losses has been slowing.

Helu said his view on the financial markets hasn't changed as the economy is still in bad shape because of the job losses.

The week began with forecasts of huge public-sector job losses.

The June figures did show continued slowing in the pace of job losses.

If not, it will translate into more job losses and erase any optimism about a rebound in 2009.

In depressed rich economies, this is one more burden on those hardest hit by job losses and spending cuts.

In India, executives said 95 percent of their layoffs were men; in France men accounted for 71 percent of job losses.

"The overwhelming share of all job losses" has been among blue-collar workers, says Mr. Sum.

The job losses will be most extensive in Texas and in Florida, home of the Kennedy Space Centre and Cape Canaveral.

Bad times have always meant job losses, of course.

One motor industry-funded study calculates it could cause 3m job losses and cost the US government $160bn.

Job losses continue to drive loan defaults.

The Fed has said that due to continuing weakness in the economy and continuing job losses, it is not yet time to withdraw the support.

Job losses occurred in old vocations such as typists, secretaries, filing clerks, switchboard operators etc.

The job losses are unremarkable by the standards of past recessions.

There are anxieties over the effects of job losses.

President Obama says 60 percent of the job losses are at small businesses, and those businesses need help.

The government had revised figures for the prior two months to show job losses were not as steep as initially thought.

All of this means more job losses for now.

"We are seeing so many more families coming in" to the food bank because of job losses due to the economic recession, Grimes said.

I pray that not too many investee companies go bust, so leading to huge job losses.

The job losses announced yesterday fell mainly across industry.

This week's announcement of 3, 500 fresh job losses at Citigroup, followed immediately by reports that J.