Ikea announces UK-wide cuts
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Ikea is to make a number of its UK staff redundant due to "challenging" trading conditions in the furnishings sector.
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Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News International said  on Wednesday it was cutting jobs at its four national British  newspapers to reduce costs amid ongoing revenue pressures in  the industry.
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Swedish furniture giant Ikea plans to hire tens of thousands of workers over the next few years as it opens dozens of new stores, including 24 in the coming year, it said in the online edition of a Swedish financial daily.
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Furniture retailer IKEA  is to introduce a 70p levy for customers who purchase items by credit card.
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RIYADH - Thousands of shoppers drawn by a voucher offer rushed into an Ikea branch in western Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, causing a stampede that killed three and injured 17, security officials said.
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The UK's biggest insurer Aviva announces plans to cut 4,000 UK jobs by 2008.
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Record label EMI, bought by private  equity firm Terra Firma last year, is set to announce on Monday  plans to cut as much as one third of its 6,000 staff, slash  marketing costs and drop artists as part of a restructuring,  the Wall Street Journal reported.
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LONDON : Eastman Kodak said it would axe 870 job cuts across Britain and France as part of a global cull blamed on the increasing popularity of digital photography.
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Carmarker Vauxhall is to cut 434 jobs across two UK plants, the Transport and General Workers&#39; Union has said. The union said 340 jobs are to go at the company&#39;s Ellesmere Port facility, and a further 94 at its site in Luton.
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The FTSE 100 extended recent falls on Monday, with retailers at the fore-front of the sell-off. With the key Christmas spending period upon us, the sector was hit by continued consumer spending fears.
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The San Diego-based maker of data storage products said in a statement that it plans to cut 145 regular and temporary personnel worldwide, and will incur restructuring charges of between $5 million and $7 million.
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Furniture maker Ikea International A/S plans to hire tens of thousands of new workers as the company continues to expand with dozens of new stores opening around the world, its chief executive said.
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Frees up thousands of pink slips Texas semiconductor manufacturer Freescale is cutting jobs across the company as part of a strategy to reduce costs during a sluggish year.â¦
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The record label EMI is planning to cut as many as 2,000 jobs worldwide as part of a restructuring plan.
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The FTSE 100 fell sharply on Tuesday as grocer Tesco provided further evidence of a retail spending slowdown.
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General Motors Europe announced Thursday that it plans to cut 12,000 jobs on the continent by the end of 2006 in a plan aimed at saving &#36;617 million per year.
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Home furnishings retailer lowers expectations.