Screwed: 1,750 at Qantas

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Qantas, an Australian carrier, plans to cut 1,750 positions…Michelin North America is closing a BFGoodrich tire plant, affecting about 1,000 Alabama workers…Hallmark Cards Inc. will cut up to 750 jobs…Motorola laid off more than 600 employees at its Libertyville facility…MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. is cutting 200 positions in its Korean subsidiary, MEMC Korea Co…Linear Technology Corp. has fired 130 employees…

Screwed: Potential 300 in Detroit

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Detroit mayor proposes 334 layoffs and 504 vacant job cuts under a new 2010 budget…Pilgrim’s Pride plans to close a chicken processing plant, affecting 280 Georgia workers…In another round of layoffs, The Virginia-Pilot plans to lay off 40 employees… Mid-sized law firm Brownstein Hyatt is laying of 37, 15 attorneys and 22 staff…

Screwed: 10,000 at BT

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BT, a British telecommunications company, plans to cut 10,000 jobs in another round of layoffs… Konkola Copper Mines, Zambia’s largest copper miner, has cut 1,300 jobs… North Carolina’s Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is laying off 534 employees, excluding classroom teachers… Oklahoma-based engine plant, Mercury Mercruiser, has laid off 135 employees in the past two weeks…

Screwed: 2,700 at Agilent Technologies Inc.

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Agilent Technologies Inc. plans to lay of 2,700 workers… Safilo, a major sunglass manufacturer, has shut down an Italian plant, laying off 1,250 employees… Boeing Inc. gives 900 employees the axe in another round of layoffs… The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation will eliminate 800 positions… Playboy Enterprises Inc. is to close its New York City offices, laying off 100 employees…

Screwed: 1,000 at HSBC?

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HSBC Holdings Plc. may cut 1,000 jobs in the UK… IBM will give more than 300 North Carolina employees the axe today… Synovus Financial Corp. is laying off 200 employees in its second round of layoffs since last September… Gibson Guitar will give 70 employees the axe…

Screwed: 3,000 at ThyssenKrupp

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German Industrial Group, ThyssenKrupp plans 3,000 layoffs, cutting 1.5 percent of its workforce… TDK Fujitsu Philippines Corp. cut 2,000 jobs in its Laguna location…the U.S. Postal Service will close six district offices and give 1,400 employees the axe… Finnish airline, Finnair PLC announced 1,600 temporary layoffs…Lam Research is laying off 375 employees throughout North America, Europe, and Asia…Mayer Brown plans to layoff 55 lawyers and staff at its London office… Hanesbrand Inc. lays off 46 in its Virginia Service Center…

Screwed: 11,600 at United Technologies

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United Technologies , the conglomerate owner of Otis, Carrier, Pratt & Whitney, Sikorsky, and Hamilton Sundstrand, lays off 11,600…Los Angeles school system serves approximately 9,000 employees with a warning layoff notice…of the approximately 1,000 educators from Sweden’s National Union of Teachers that have been given notice of impending layoffs, 300 have gotten the axe… AOL proceeds with plan to fire 700 people by the end of March…The Toro Company in Wisconsin is temporarily laying off 235 employees…

Screwed: 1,300 at Tata Consultancy Services

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India’s Tata Consultancy Services will lay off 1,300 workers… FM Industries in the Dominican Republic is cutting 1,000 jobs…law firm White and Case laid off 400 employees, an even number of attorneys and staff…Eastman Chemical plans to cut 200 to 300 jobs in the coming month…Morgan, Lewis & Bockius gives 216 employees the axe, including 55 attorneys and 161 legal and administrative staff…Virginia’s Hampton City School District served approximately 200 employees with layoff notices, including 50 teachers…

Screwed: 1,200 at General Dynamics

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General Dynamics is eliminating 1,200 jobs…ADT Security Service has cut 500 positions…Maryland-based network company Ciena Corp. fired 200 workers…truckmaker Heil is laying off 180…Holcim cement plant in Mason City, Iowa, will shut, leaving 165 jobless…law firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman is axing 155…the Houston Chronicle is letting go 10 percent of its work force…

Screwed: 6,100 at HSBC

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HSBC, Europe’s biggest bank, is cutting 6,100 jobs…American Airlines plans to “furlough” 410 flight attendants if it can’t get enough to volunteers to leave their jobs…Timken, a bearings plant in South Carolina, will leave 60 jobless…