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Screwed: 17,000 in Puerto Rico
A daily review of the employment fallout around the country and the world.
Today’s Total: 17,999
Puerto Rico is set to eliminate 17,000 positions over the next few months as a part of a fiscal stabilization plan…Square Enix will cut up to 300 jobs from its Japanese workforce…Hawker Beechcraft handed out 240 layoff notices to employees in another effort to cut costs…Harman International is laying off 216 employees from its factory in Brigend, Wales…Diebold will cut 100 workers from its facility in Lexington, N.C…Dassault Falcon will cut 72 workers from its plant in Little Rock, Ark…The town of Islip, N.Y is expected to approve the layoffs of 71 employees to help offset a budget deficit.
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