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Screwed: 2,000-plus in Lithuania

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

Today’s Total: over 2,695

Lithuania is shutting down its only nuclear power facility, eliminating more than 2,000 jobs…Louisiana is eliminating 445 healthcare positions… Verizon Yellow Pages is letting go 150 employees in St. Petersburg, Fla. and moving the jobs to India…Means Nursery in Portland, Ore. will lay off 100.

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