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Screwed: 700 at Hill Air Force Base

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

Today’s partial total: 2,471

The air force is seeing lots of layoffs this week, with Hill Air Force Base losing 700 employees and Tyndall Air Force Base losing 600 employees…Hewlett-Packard plans to layoff 500 workers in France…Harvard Business School is set to layoff 275 employees…BAE Systems is cutting 250 jobs…The Sacramento Sheriff’s Office has been forced to layoff 209 deputies and 22 unsworn employees — 80 more than anticipated — due to a costly miscalculation…Smithfield Foods is set to layoff 140 people…The Iowa Court System is slashing 50 jobs.

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