US job cuts reach 8-month high
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A Chicago outplacement firm says planned job cuts announced by employers hit an eight-month high of 107,863 in September. Challenger, Gray &amp; Christmas, in a report released Tuesday
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Planned U.S. lay-offs rocketed in  August as the housing slowdown and subprime mortgage debacle  led to record job cuts in the financial sector, an independent  report showed on Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON  - The US labor market smashed out of a summer-long quagmire, churning out a seven-month record of 337,000 jobs -- far more than predicted by Wall Street.
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US employers announced plans in November to step up job cuts, with the total exceeding 100,000 for the third month in a row, an industry survey showed.
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Planned job cuts at US firms climbed during November, a report said on Tuesday, in a further sign of sluggishness in the labor market.
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New U.S. jobs soared at the sharpest  rate in seven months in October, the government reported on  Friday, helped by a surge in construction activity as  hurricane-battered areas in the Southeast were rebuilt.
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US planned job cuts soared to an eight-month high in September while new hiring rose only slightly, a report said on Tuesday. Employment consulting firm Challenger, Gray &amp; Christmas Inc.
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US COMPUTER maker Dell will shed more than 8,000 jobs, including 450 in the Irish Republic, over the next year as part of restructuring.
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The British Chamber of Commerce says almost 8,000 UK manufacturing jobs have been lost so far in 2007.
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Announced job cuts in the technology sector soared 60% in the third quarter to 54,701, the highest figure since the fourth quarter of 2003 (82,328).
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Delphi Corp. said Friday it plans to cut 8,500 jobs -- or 4.6 percent of its total work force -- worldwide next year as part of an ongoing restructuring.
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Business & money: Unemployment in the United States rose to its highest level in more than two years last month
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The US labor market escaped a quagmire in October, churning out a seven-month record of 337,000 jobs -- far more than predicted by Wall Street.
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Job cut announcements by US employers totaled more than 100,000 for a second month in October, suggesting companies may trim work forces in anticipation of fewer orders, a private survey found.
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Computer Associates will cut 800 jobs, the software maker said yesterday, reducing its workforce 5 percent in its biggest cost-cutting effort since 2001 amid slack demand and falling prices for software and services.
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The number of Americans seeking initial jobless benefits jumped by 18,000 last week, the government said on Thursday, but it attributed the entire rise to the effects of hurricanes that have battered the southern United States.
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US job growth revived last month, the government reported yesterday, as employers added 144,000 jobs to their nonfarm payrolls in August, seasonally adjusted â-arely enough