Posts tagged: layoffs

Health Insurance Dilemma: COBRA Subsidies Will Soon Run Out for Many

By admin, May 6, 2010 9:00 am
COBRA Health Insurance Subsidies

Unemployed workers who have been taking advantage of a federal health insurance subsidy will soon discover how much that insurance really costs. Those who enrolled in the program when it started in March 2009 have, as of this month, seen their last subsidized payments.

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Health Insurance Dilemma: COBRA Subsidies Will Soon Run Out for Many originally appeared on DailyFinance on Thu, 06 May 2010 10:00:00.

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Legal Briefing: Utah’s New Front in the Sovereignty War with the Feds

By admin, March 29, 2010 2:15 pm
Legal Briefing

The state has passed a law to use eminent domain for gaining control of federally protected land. And in other legal news: A Maryland law clinic threatened, and why going to law school -- even a top 10 one -- may not be a great idea.

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Legal Briefing: Utah's New Front in the Sovereignty War with the Feds originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:15:00.

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BusinessWeek Prepares for Round Two of Layoffs

By admin, March 9, 2010 5:06 pm

The other shoe is about to drop at BusinessWeek. Shortly after taking over the magazine, news giant Bloomberg pruned its staff by a reported 30% and made it known that more downsizing would come sometime before May. Sources say that round will begin Thursday.

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BusinessWeek Prepares for Round Two of Layoffs originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:06:00.

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Like Clockwork, Borders Begins Another Round of Layoffs

By admin, March 7, 2010 10:37 am

Troubled book retailer Borders had some more bad news for its employees last week: Another round of layoffs has started, just over a month after the company cut 164 jobs and weeks after it swapped CEOs.

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Like Clockwork, Borders Begins Another Round of Layoffs originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:37:00.

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Unemployment Claims Are Rising, Due to the Weather — or Not

By admin, February 25, 2010 7:00 pm

Major snow storms that blanketed the country may have helped first-time weekly unemployment insurance claims rise 22,000 on Thursday, but some analysts believe the rise in claims is due to other causes.

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Unemployment Claims Are Rising, Due to the Weather -- or Not originally appeared on DailyFinance on Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:00:00.

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ABC News to Employ ‘Substantially Fewer’ After Job Cuts

By admin, February 23, 2010 4:19 pm

ABC News on Tuesday announced a newsroom reorganization to reduce its staff by as many as 400 employees. A key part of the new strategy will be an increased reliance on "solo bureaus," the network's team of all-purpose digital reporters around the globe.

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ABC News to Employ 'Substantially Fewer' After Job Cuts originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:19:00.

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Boeing Gives 1,000 Workers Layoff Notices

By admin, February 19, 2010 2:50 pm

Boeing Co. announced Friday that it had sent 1,000 layoff notices to workers in Washington state and California, alerting them that they are risk of losing their jobs on April 23.

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Boeing Gives 1,000 Workers Layoff Notices originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:50:00.

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As Layoffs Continue, What’s Really Going On With Jobs?

By admin, February 4, 2010 8:58 am
Entering February, a mixed picture on employment has developed that's making it difficult to determine whether employers are ready to begin hiring workers or are continuing to put the brakes on a recovery that has already begun.

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As Layoffs Continue, What's Really Going On With Jobs? originally appeared on DailyFinance on Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:58:00.

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Barnes & Noble, Ingram Announce Layoffs

By admin, January 25, 2010 12:48 pm
Barnes & Noble (BKS) last week laid off an undisclosed number of digital-division employees, including its director of digital content, Mike Ferrari. The bookstore chain "did have some organizational changes" as part of a realignment at BN.com, B&N representative Mary Ellen Keating told Publishers Weekly, which entailed eliminating "a handful of jobs, while adding more in other areas."

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Barnes & Noble, Ingram Announce Layoffs originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:48:00.

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Walmart and Ericsson Announce Thousands of Job Cuts

By admin, January 25, 2010 11:00 am
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) and Sweden's Ericsson (OM2R:UK) are the latest companies to lay off workers by the thousands.

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Walmart and Ericsson Announce Thousands of Job Cuts originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:00:00.

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