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Screwed: 5,000 at Mahindra Satyam

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

Today’s Total: 13, 515

Mahindra Satyam has sent layoff notifications to 5,000 employees in India… German mail-order giant Quelle plans the layoffs of 4,000 employees by November after declaring bankruptcy… Sallie Mae anticipates trimming at least 2,000 staffers… Iowa will hand out pink slips to 800 state workers due to a 10% budget cut… The state of Massachusetts announced its final layoff number: 726 employees have lost their jobs… Cook County Health and Hospital Systems of Chicago will lose 335 employees after a $60 million budget cut… Avis Budget Group Inc. is slated to lay off 220 Canadian employees… Bristol-Meyers Squibb announced the layoffs of 113 workers from its facility in Evansville, Ind… Missouri’s Department of Natural Resources plans to cut 100 workers in the coming weeks… Sacramento County’s Child Protective Services laid off 76 staff members in response to a budget deficit… 74 Shuttle America employees will lose their jobs by the end of the month… Carestream Health Inc. will lay off 70 employees from its plant in Windsor, Colo. by the end of the year… At least 1 Los Angeles Times staffer has been cut, and more are expected… Nashville bank Regions Financial Corp. has plans to shutter 121 branches although details on how many employees will be impacted are not yet available.

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