Thermoplastic and rubber materials producer Lanxess has announced a major restructuring which will lead to 1,000 jobs being cut at its worldwide operations by the end of 2015 Continue reading
Citigroup Inc. says it is slashing about 1,000 jobs in Nevada and Texas, citing decreased demand for home loans and mortgage refinancing Continue reading
Germany’s biggest power producer is looking to rationalise the workforce at its power unit and may shed as many as 3,400 employees Continue reading
Layoffs part of a multi-year plan to cut $330 million from the Clinic’s budget. Continue reading
BlackBerry could lay off as many as 5,000 employees in the coming months in an effort to return the smartphone maker to profitability, according to a media report Continue reading
South Africa’s threatened mining sector lost 23 000 jobs in the 12 months to June, and 4 000 of those were lost between April and June Continue reading
Ship builder STX Finland says it will shut down the yard where some of the world’s largest cruise liners were built Continue reading
The French airline Air France is putting together a new personnel-reorganization plan that includes the elimination of around 3,000 additional jobs throughout the company. The exact number of jobs to be cut will be announced in early October Continue reading
Lawrence County’s largest employer, International Paper announced this morning (Wednesday) that it plans to permanently close its Courtland paper mill. The plant is Lawrence County’s largest employer. Here is what International Paper in Memphis had to say about the decision: ”International Paper (NYSE: IP) today announced plans to permanently close its Courtland, Ala. Mill, a … Continue reading
The ax has been falling at HP faster than anticipated. In May 2012, the company said it would cut 27,000 positions globally, 9,000 of them in the U.S. By that September, it revised that number upward to 29,000. Originally, HP said the layoffs would occur over two years as part of a “multi-year productivity initiative” … Continue reading
Furniture Brands International Inc., which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday, plans to lay off 1,451 workers in Mississippi, nearly one-fourth of its U.S. workforce. The layoffs will come from the St. Louis-based company’s Lane Furniture division, which has manufacturing plants in Belden and Siltillo and distribution centers in Verona and Wren, according to the … Continue reading
Layoffs at Bank of America Corp’s mortgage business will amount to about 2,100 positions, a source told Reuters on Monday, in response to weak refinancing activity. The downsizing reflects the second-largest U.S. bank’s “ongoing efforts to streamline our facilities and align our cost structure with market realities,” Bank of America said in a statement in … Continue reading
The Irving Shipyard in Halifax will begin laying off part of its workforce by the end of September as the site prepares for $300 million in renovations to start building a new fleet of navy ships. Scott Jamieson, vice-president of programs at the shipyard, says the move is necessary to proceed with the construction of … Continue reading
Wells Fargo is cutting thousands of jobs in its mortgage business as the biggest home lender in the US prepares for a further drop in demand for new mortgages, writes Tracy Alloway. The San-Francisco-based bank, also the largest in the US by market value, plans to trim 2,300 positions in its mortgage production unit, a … Continue reading
Florida Power & Light and its sister company, Nextera Energy Resources, plan to eliminate about 1,000 positions nationwide over the next two years. The utility announced the cuts Wednesday. It includes 6.7 percent of the companies’ combined workforce. An FPL spokesman said only about 160 workers will lose their jobs. The remaining cuts will come … Continue reading