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Screwed: 400 at Nexans SA

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Nexans SA will lay off 400 employees in France…Johnson Controls laid off 343 workers from a plant in Spring Hill,  Tenn…Sacramento County is preparing to eliminate 342 workers, primarily in health and human services, as a response to a  budget deficit…Penske Logistics LLC handed out 300 layoff notices, also in Spring Hill, Tenn…201 workers in the city of  Akron, Ohio, will be laid off on October 1^st if negotiations are not successful…Up to 125 workers in Prince George’s County,  Md, will be laid off due to state budget cuts…Harley Davidson will cut 71 more employees in York County, Pa…Covidien is slated to cut 70 workers from its medical supply plant in Norfolk, Neb…The city of Fort Worth, Texas, will lay off 25 workers after the city council voted in favor of budget cuts…Woolbright Development announced the elimination of 25 employees from corporate headquarters in Boca Raton and an office in Orlando.

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