Canada-based forestry firm Domtar Corp. is closing its paper mill in Columbus, Miss. and 219 jobs will be affected, according to a regulatory filing. Domtar said it is getting out of the coated groundwood paper business and the mill will cease operations by the end of April, Reuters reports. “Market conditions for coated groundwood paper are [...]
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BAE Systems announced it is cutting an additional 150 to 200 jobs in Fairfield, Ohio. The layoffs are in addition to the 100 jobs the company said were being cut earlier this month. BAE Systems, a UK-based defense contractor, told the Cincinnati Inquirer the jobs are being eliminated because several big contracts are expiring and defense [...]
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A federal notice filed in Washington D.C. reveals Alllied Capital Corp plans to eliminate 85 percent of its staff in the District. The Washington Business Journal reports 91 employees will be out of work in the area. No date for the layoffs was given in the filing, which is called a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification [...]
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HealthNow New York Inc. announced it is eliminating 30 positions at its headquarters in Buffalo. The cuts, which will affect clerical and customer service workers, are being made as part of a company restructuring. HealthNow is the parent company of BlueCross BlueShield of WNY. The cuts are expected to take place over the next two to [...]
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Walt Disney Studios announced it is closing a studio in Marin County, Calif., which will result in 450 people losing their jobs over the next year. The Los Angeles Times reports Disney is closing Robert Zemechis’ ImageMovers Digital studio to help reduce costs. “Given today’s economic realities, we need to find alternative ways to bring creative [...]
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A report from Manufacturers’ New Inc. reveals California lost 5 percent, or 79,000, of its industrial jobs during the past 12 months. Especially hard hit was the southern part of the state. Los Angeles remains the city with the most manufacturing jobs in the state with 85,238, but the Southern California region lost 56,681 jobs, [...]
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Canadian- based AbitibiBowater Inc. has laid off 30 workers at its paper mill plant near Rock Hill, S.C. Affected were salaried workers, who were told Wednesday they no longer had jobs at the plants, the Charlotte Business Journal reports. Human Resources Manager Barry Baker told the publication no production workers were released as part of the [...]
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Layoff notices have been sent by Northrop Grumman to 180 employees at its maintenance and modification center in Hagerstown, Md. The employees are expected to stay on until projects with the Navy and U.S. Customs and Border Protection is completed in mid-June. If work does not pick up at the Hagerstown facility, the company hopes to [...]
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Costa Cruises has eliminated 120 positions at its marketing office in South Florida and is returning most of its ships to Europe. A company spokesman said Costa Cruises is making the move because it lacks the brand recognition associated with the likes of Carnival and Royal Caribbean and would do better selling cruises in Europe. A [...]
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The Oceanside Unified School District in north San Diego County plans to cut 117 teaching positions in order to help close a more than $20 million budget deficit. School trustees approved the plan Tuesday. Oceanside Unified is among the many school districts in the country facing declining enrollment, which means fewer dollars from the state, the [...]
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16. March 2010
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