Hershey Cutting Work Force 12%
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Hershey said it will close more than a third of its assembly lines and eliminate 12 percent of its work force after sales fell for the first time in 3 Â½ years.
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Investor's Business Daily - U.S. corporations announced plans to cut 74,986 jobs, up from Dec's 44,416 and 19% above a year ago, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Financial firms slashed 15,789 jobs and drug makers planned to ax 7,628 positions. Job cuts remain below levels of the '01 recession, Challenger said.
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Â· Rose also promised Â£4.5m in shares if targets are met  Â· Shopworkers in line for payouts of Â£500 each
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Automaker, unions agree to eliminate up to 12,000 workers to curb losses and save $665 million a year. By Ed Garsten / The Detroit News.
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Chocolate maker Hershey Foods Corp.  HSY.N on Thursday posted a higher-than-expected 16 percent  rise in quarterly profit and said it will get into the cookie  business.
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A survey says 96% of U.S. government employees could work from home at least part time -- but only about 20% do.
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Per alimentari da +8,2% industria al +3,7-3,9% al dettaglio
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Bank of America began cutting jobs Wednesday but officials would not confirm how many or where. But a spokeswoman said cuts were occurring, and would eventually reach 12,500, the same number given in spring when the merger became final.
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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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No. 1 automaker trying to stem losses from unit; most cuts due in Germany next year. RUESSELSHEIM, Germany  - General Motors will cut up to 12,000 jobs over the next two years to reduce annual costs
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Â· Only 4% may take up extra paternity leaveÂ· Work-life balance has lost priority, say campaigners
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The US's largest chocolate maker, Hershey, says it is to cut 1,500 jobs and plans to build a new plant in Mexico.
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Colgate-Palmolive Co., the consumer products giant behind brands like Ajax detergent and Irish Spring soap, plans to cut its worldwide work force by about 12 percent, or about 4,400 jobs, and close one-third of its factories as part of a four-year plan
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Colgate-Palmolive Co. CL.N said on  Tuesday it would cut about 12 percent of its 37,000-person work  force as part of a four-year restructuring plan for which it  anticipates after-tax charges of $550 million to $650 million.
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NEW YORK -- Job cuts soared last month, topping the 100,000 mark for the first time since last January.
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Hershey co.  on Thursday said it would cut about 1,500 jobs and reduce the number of production lines it operates by more than a third as it tries to streamline manufacturing to improve profits.
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The wholesale price of about half of the candy offered by Hershey Foods will go up immediately. The company announced Thursday a weighted average 5.8 percent increase on the company&#39;s standard bar, king-size bar, 6-pack and vending lines.