IRELAND suffered a major employment blow last night as US healthcare giant Boston Scientific confirmed it was to axe 175 jobs.

The firm -- which ranks as one of Ireland's biggest employers -- is understood to have sought the job losses in direct response to difficult global market conditions and....Read More

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Blockbuster Inc. has reorganized its Dallas-based corporate staff, resulting in an unspecified number of layoffs that include several executives.

The largest U.S. movie rental chain last week completed a "realignment of resources at the corporate headquarters and distribution center in McKinney,"...Read More

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Regional carrier Trans States Airlines plans to lay off another 150 workers at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport in response to American Airlines’ planned service cuts.

Fort Worth, Texas-based American, once Lambert’s top carrier, plans to end service to 20 cities by April.

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International outsourcer Sitel have announced that up to 100 jobs are to axed at their Stratford upon Avon contact centre after one of their major clients, British Gas, made the decision to bring the work 'in-house'.

It is thought hat the affected staff are being offered the option the chance to....Read More

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Another 19 Rite Aid workers at a Poca distribution center have been laid off effective Feb. 15.

Cheryl Slavinsky, a company spokeswoman, said those laid off workers were on-call associates, meaning they are not scheduled to work but called in on a need basis.

Slavinsky said those affected......Read More

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Hundreds of Cadbury workers at a factory that the new owner Kraft promised to keep open face losing their jobs.

The Somerdale plant at Keynsham, near Bristol, will in effect shut down with the loss of 400 jobs, although it may remain open with a skeleton staff, The Times has learned.

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Thirty-eight current employees and full student grants for families with incomes over $75,000 will be the first specific casualties in the College's efforts to mitigate its $100-million budget shortfall, the College Office of Public Affairs announced in a press release Monday afternoon. The budget.....Read More

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Pitney Bowes plans to close the Bridgeton, Mo., warehouse it operates under contract with the U.S. Postal Service and lay off 59 workers.

The closure, expected to occur by early March, is part of the Postal Service’s larger plan to reduce costs and consolidate operations, said Matt Broder, a......Read More

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Ohio-based drug distributor Cardinal Health will lay off another 12 employees at its Indianapolis distribution center, bringing the total to 49 since a workforce reduction was initiated in late November.

The publicly traded Dublin, Ohio-based company has shed mainly warehouse workers at its......Read More

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The long-threatened CTA service cuts took effect early this morning, despite last-minute efforts to strike a deal with the agency's unions.

Though negotiations continue to restore service perhaps as soon as late next week, riding almost any CTA bus or train today will take considerably longer......Read More

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