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Screwed: 1,450 at Hospira

A daily review of the employment fallout around the country and the world.

Pharmaceutical company, Hospira Inc., eliminates 1,450 jobs… Boise State University will not be renewing 800 employee contracts, including staffers, faculty members and special lecturers… Walt Disney World gives 800 employees the axe… Wal-Mart Stores Inc. closes an optical lab, laying off 650 employees… Amazon closes several facilities, cutting 210 jobs…. Lionsgate studio lays off 45 employees…

Read more about layoffs at the sites compiled on our layoff tracker page.