Leaf lays off staff in Finland
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The Finnish confectionary maker Leaf Oy, part of the international CSM Group, is to begin lay-off talks at the turn of the month.
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Hanesbrands Inc. HBI.N said on   Wednesday it would close some plants in Mexico and the United   States, cutting more than 2,000 jobs, as part of its plan to   shift production to lower-cost regions.
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Battered by a downturn in the housing market, the company is laying off about 10% of its workforce at its headquarters in Atlanta.
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The tobacco firm John Player &amp; Sons has announced plans to lay off 90 workers at its cigarette factory in Dublin. The company said it was planning a phased closure of the factory between now and February as part of a review of its global operations.
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Paper maker UPM-Kymmene started talks Monday to lay off up to 1,200 employees &#151; more than 3 percent its work force &#151; and close some mills in Finland because of oversupply in the sawn timber trade.
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Carnegie has decided on staff reductions of 20 employees in Sweden, following a number of cost-efficiency projects and streamlining of the organisation as well as the development of business area Asset ...
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International Business Machines  Corp.  said it laid off about 1,570 employees on  Wednesday in its computer services business in the United  States, part of a plan to trim costs in the unit.
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Finnish mobile giant Nokia is losing the head of its networks division, the second senior executive to leave the unit in two weeks.
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The mobile phone giant Nokia said that Sari Baldauf, head of its networks unit and long seen as a possible successor to company chief Jorma Ollila, will leave the group early next year.
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Nortel Networks will lay off about 1,400 employees in the US and about 950 in Canada, with those employees to be notified by the end of June 2005.
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2,300 layoffs Nokia is shut down its Bochum plant in Germany by mid 2008. The closure will affect at least 2,300 Nokia employees, the company said today.â¦
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Nokia said the head of its networks unit had resigned and another senior networks executive left, marking the second round of departures of top management in two weeks at the world&#39;s top mobile phone maker.
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Anders Eriksson, the chairman of the separatist Alands Framtid (Alands Future) party is to be removed from the delegation that the semi-autonomous province has in the Nordic Council.
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"Due to market changes and increasing requirements for cost-effectiveness, production of mobile devices in Germany is no longer feasible for Nokia"  Finnish phone maker Nokia Corp. said Tuesday it will close a manufacturing plant and automotive supply unit in Bochum, Germany, and was in talks to sell a research and development unit in Bochum to Sasken ... via SanLuisObispo.com
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Blog: Internet service provider says it will lay off about half its staff in an effort to boost profits and raise its share price.
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After a high-level meeting today, Nokia has agreed to serve on a joint task force to review its decision to close a cell phone plant in Bochum, Germany. Meanwhile, Nokia's cheaper facility under construction in Romania is in trouble.
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Irish Ferries has commenced laying off staff as a result of today&#39;s strike by ships officers belonging to SIPTU. It is understood that all ratings have been sent home with the exception of those required for emergency cover on the boats.