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Brutal job losses continue in 2009

According to CNN Money: “The job market is off to a terrible start this year, with companies announcing more than 80,000 job losses so far, in one of the most painful symptoms of the ongoing recession.”

Job cuts in January, 2009

Circuit City 34,000 Microsoft ?
Alcoa 13,500 TDK Corp. 8,000
Boeing 4,500 Motorola 4,000
Hertz 4,000 Honda 3,100
EMC Corp. 2,400 Barclay’s 2,100
Cessna 2,000 MeadWestvaco Corp. 2,000
WellPoint 1,500 Cigna 1,100
Saks Fifth Avenue 1,100 Walgreens 1,000
Schlumberger 1,000 ING Group 950
Macy’s 900 Cummings 800
Autodesk 750 Pfizer 700
Logitech 500 Oracle 500
Neiman Marcus Groups 375 Ethan Allen 350
New Yaork & Co. 350 Barnes & Noble 100
Google 100 World Wrestling Entertainmnet 60

Total: 91,735

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