Power-One has eliminated 300 jobs, or 6.6% of its workforce, including 10 at its Camarillo, California headquarters. Most of the cuts were made in China, the Dominican Republic and Slovakia. The firm laid off 1,000 in January. After the latest cuts, it employs 3,200, mostly abroad. Founded in 1973, Power-One designs and manufactures power conversion and power management [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 27, 2009
Farouk Systems will open a new plant in Houston, Texas, bringing up to 5,000 jobs to the city over four years. The firm is bringing production (and jobs) back to the US from China and Korea. The company will hold a job fair on July 30th. Houston-based Farouk Systems employs 2,000, and exports its line of hair and [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 11, 2009
Alameda, California-based UTStarcom will cut 2,300 positions worldwide, or more than 50% of its global work force, by the end of its fiscal year. Last month the company reported Q1 losses of $67.4 million. The firm saw a profit in Q1 2008. UTStarcom will outsource its manufacturing operations, and cut research & development spending. UTStarcom is a Fortune [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 28, 2009
Oil and gas producer Devon Energy will combine its international and gulf divisions into one offshore division based in Houston, eliminating some jobs. Spokesperson Chip Minty, who is also apparently a Ben & Jerry’s flavor, said the number of persons laid off should not exceed 75, and that some workers will be relocated within the firm. Oklahoma [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Nevada-based Las Vegas Sands will cut up to 4,000 jobs in the Macau Special Administrative Region of mainland China. The jobs will be cut from the firm’s 20,000-person Macau workforce by September. Las Vegas Sands has stopped work on its $12 billion, 20,000-room complex of hotels and casinos on Macau’s Cotai Strip. It also canceled a $600 [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, April 12, 2009
International Business Machines plans to cut thousands of staff in the UK, Germany and Ireland as it shifts jobs to eastern Europe, China, India and South America. Job reductions have already been carried out in western Europe and more will be made within months, according to union Alliance@IBM. Indian workers at IBM earn 10% of what US [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 1, 2009
More layoffs are coming at Medaille College, but officials won’t reveal how many employees will lose their jobs. Some laid-off support staff could be hired by Philadelphia-based Aramark, a maintenance and custodial service provider for Medaille. The college is looking to fill four faculty positions. The latest round of layoffs comes seven weeks after the four-year private college [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 26, 2009
Santa Cruz, California’s Plantronics will cut 670 positions and close its manufacturing plant in Suzhou, China. Plantronics will outsource its production of Bluetooth headsets to an existing supplier in China. The plan is expected to be complete by October 2009. Founded in 1962, Plantronics is a hardware company which specializes in lightweight headsets, and is the market leader [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 23, 2009
The US Agency for International Development plans to shift production of condoms to overseas companies, some in China, eradicating US jobs. The condoms are created for AIDS prevention programs for foreign nations. The agency says it can get the condoms for 2¢ per unit instead of 5¢ per unit. The move could cause job losses at Alabama’s [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 11, 2009
National Semiconductor will cut more than 1,700 jobs, about 25% of its workforce, as the economic meltdown affects sales. The company is eliminating 850 positions right away, and 875 over the next year. Manufacturing, sales and marketing will all be affected, and the firm will shutter plants in China and Texas. National, based in Santa Clara, California, [...]
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