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Screwed: 100 at Premier Elkhorn Coal Company

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

Today’s partial total: 364

Premier Elkhorn Coal Company lays off 100 miners in Kentuky…  H&H Foood Service Inc. lays off 90 workers… Indevus Pharmaceuticals is being downsized by about 60 employees since its acquisition by Endo Pharmaceuticals… Colusa Casino Resort has laid off 42 employees, about 10 percent of its workforce… In another round of layoffs, The Shaw Group Inc. has laid off 40 employees at its Walker, La. location… Bass Berry & Sims has laid off 32 employees, 10 associates and 22 staff.

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