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Screwed: 1,400 at Gannet Co.
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Today’s partial total: 3,479
In another round of layoffs newspaper publisher Gannet Co. will be laying off 1,400 within the next few weeks… Spirits maker Diageo PLC. is laying off 900 workers as part of its restructuring efforts in Scotland… Virgin Atlantic plans to cut 600 jobs, losing about a tenth of its workforce… Briggs Stratton will layoff 43o Wisconsin employees by mid next year… Acushnet Co., one of the largest patent holders in Massachusetts, is laying off 77 employees in its golf ball plants… Gehl Co. manufacturing company will lay off 72 employees.
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