Boston-area tech jobs decline
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Greater Boston ranks third among top information technology labor markets that have lost a significant number of tech jobs, according to a study released yesterday.
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THE REGION Union representation in Massachusetts dropped to 13.5 percent of the employed last year, down from 416,000 or 14.2 percent in 2003, according to information released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. At the same time, the number of employed workers in Massachusetts dropped to 2.92 millon, from 2.93 million in 2003. The federal agency reported that across the ...
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The digital revolution&#39;s two-way impact on British jobs was felt yesterday when Eastman Kodak announced mass layoffs in Nottingham and Middlesex and B&amp;Q said it had been struggling to find staff in the Midlands.
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With sales of its top medical devices continuing to drop, Boston Scientific Corp. plans broad job cuts that could affect its Massachusetts employees, a spokesman said yesterday.
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The U.S. technology sector suffered another round of widespread layoffs during the third quarter, with computer firms slashing jobs most aggressively, a report said on Monday. -Reuters
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NEW YORK Falling profit forecasts from Google and Applied Materials sent technology stocks falling Tuesday while a US government report on another drop in unemployment claims help buoy other markets.
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Disappointing earnings guidance from tech heavyweights reignited fears of a U.S. recession.
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TORONTO (CP) - Stocks were lower Friday afternoon as markets sorted through an August US jobs report that narrowly missed modest expectations and were dismayed at a revenue warning from tech bellwether Intel.
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The number of companies applying to be wound up has fallen, but experts predict the figures to rise.
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Employers trimmed jobs from their payrolls in January, according to a much anticipated government jobs report Friday that showed the first decline in employment in four years and raised new concerns about the risk of recession for the weakening U.S. economy.
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An IEEE-USA survey of IT professionals reported a 1.5% decrease in median income from 2002 to 2003, the first drop since the organization began surveying members in 1972.
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Applied Materials Inc., a major supplier of computer chip-making equipment, is jettisoning 1,000 jobs, a 7 percent cutback that suggests some manufacturers are hunkering down for a recession.
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The continued dominance of Boston's healthcare industry, the region's largest employer, could be undermined by stagnant federal funding for biomedical research, combined with the city's chronically high cost of living and competition from other cities, according to a report by an industry group.
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Stocks fell on Thursday, led lower by tech shares as investors worried about the impact of a slowing economy on the outlook for profits.
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Researchers at the University of Illinois in Chicago have confirmed what many high-tech workers have long suspected: The job market for technology workers remains bleak, years after the US recession officially ended in late 2001.
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Jobless workers in Boston with the right skills could find employment soon. Some area employers expect to maintain a steady hiring pace during the fourth quarter of 2004, according to a survey released yesterday by Manpower Inc. The outlook is brightest in wholesale and retail trade, education, and public administration.
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The frenzied rhetoric about technology jobs going overseas has quieted in recent months. While doomsday predictions for the domestic tech industry have subsided, there's clearly a trend toward exporting some jobs.  -Leslie Walker