Air base 'may close' as 500 jobs go
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A minister says RAF St Athan could close if it fails to win more contracts, as he confirms 500 job losses.
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Research firm predicts closure of more than 3,000 U.S. centers as jobs fly north.
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Hanscom Air Force Base and the Natick Soldier Systems Center pump more than $3 billion into the Massachusetts economy, and their closure would damage the state's vital technology and research cluster, according to a study released yesterday.
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Business & money: Closure plans put up to 2,800 jobs at risk.
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Almost 40 jobs are under threat with the closure of the Homebase DIY store at Sprucefield near Lisburn.
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Far more veteran air traffic controllers than the government expected have retired since the Bush administration imposed a contract on their union on Labor Day 2006, new data shows.
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A trade union claims as many as 3,000 jobs could go at army bases under future normalisation plans.
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- Boeing Co.  said it may stop production of C-17 military cargo aircraft by 2009 due to lack of U.S. government and international orders, eventually affecting more than 7,000 jobs.
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Some 50 staffers or more are being let go, and senior aides will be subject to pay cuts, campaign officials said.
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Criticism over failure to close 'dangerous' airport.
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Fort Worth, Texas - American Airlines, the world&#39;s largest, has announced plans to lay off 1 100 pilots, mechanics and other ground staff in the months to come, with more cuts in the future, as it struggles to reduce costs amid falling revenue.
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KEFLAVIK NAVAL AIR STATION, Iceland  - The United States withdrew its last 30 military personnel from Iceland on Saturday as it shut a naval air base that in its Cold War heyday was the sixth largest town in the island nation.
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As first reported by the Washington Post, America Online is expected to eliminate more than 700 jobs from its workforce next month. The majority of the layoffs will occur at AOL's Dulles, Virginia headquarters where nearly 5,000 are presently employed. Analysts cite AOL's dwindling subscriber base; however, a company spokesperson refused to validate that assertion. Officially, AOL has no comment.
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The Federal Aviation Administration plans a hiring spree to replace the thousands of air traffic controllers expected to retire in the next eight years.
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Communications chip maker Agere  Systems Inc. AGRa.N on Wednesday said it will cut 500 jobs  and sell or close a plant in Florida that employs 600 people in  order to reduce costs amid slowing sales.
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A spokesman said part of Los Angeles International Airport was shut down amid security concerns. Airport officials said terminals 6, 7 and 8 were closed following an incident when a person went up the exit
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Emergency services 'came close to collapse' as 3,500 evacuated from swamped homes.