FACTBOX-Jobs gloom for 2009

Feb 18 (Reuters) - General Motors Corp GM.N and Chrysler
LLC said on Tuesday they would make huge cuts to their
workforces, in restructuring plans submitted to the U.S.
government as part of the terms of a federal bailout.
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Following are details of announced job cuts of 2,000 or
more, by region and sector, since the beginning of January:

REGION - EUROPE:
COMPANY SECTOR NUMBERS DATE
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Elcoteq (ELQAV.HE) Electronics 5,000 Jan 15
Metro AG (MEOG.DE) Retail 15,000 Jan 20
Philips Electronics

(PHG.AS)(PHG.N) Electronics 6,000 Jan 26
Corus Steel 3,500 Jan 26
STMicroelectronics

(STM.PA) Chip maker 4,500 Jan 27
SAP (SAPG.DE) Software 3,300 Jan 28
AstraZeneca Plc (AZN.L) Drugmaker 6,000 Jan 29
Atlas Copco (ATCOa.ST) Machinery 3,000 Feb 02
SAS (SAS.ST) Airlines 8,600 Feb 03
Salcomp (SAL1V.HE) Telecom 3,300 Feb 10

REGION - NORTH AMERICA:
COMPANY SECTOR NUMBERS DATE
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Motorola (MOT.N) Mobile phones 4,000 Jan 14
Alcoa Inc (AA.N) Aluminum prod 15,000 Jan 6
EMC Corp (EMC.N) IT 2,400 Jan 7
Dell (DELL.O) IT 1,900-3000 Jan 8
Boeing Co (BA.N) Airlines 4,500 Jan 9
Cessna Aircraft Airlines 2,000 Jan 12
MeadWestvaco

Corp (MWV.N) Packaging 2,000 Jan 15
Hertz Global Hldgs

Inc (HTZ.N) Car rental 4,000 Jan 16
Eaton Corp (ETN.N) Manufacturer 5,200 Jan 20
Intel Corp (INTC.O) IT 6,000 Jan 21
Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) IT 5,000 Jan 22
Texas Instruments

(TXN.N) IT 3,400 Jan 26
Sprint Nextel Corp (S.N)Telecom 8,000 Jan 26
Home Depot Inc (HD.N) Home

Improvement 7,000 Jan 26
General Motors Corp

GM.N Auto 2,000 Jan 26
Caterpillar Inc (CAT.N) Earth-Moving

Equipment 23,610 Jan/Feb
Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) Pharma 19,500 Jan 26
Molex Inc (MOLX.O) Electronics 2,500 Jan 27
Corning Inc (GLW.N) Manufacturer 4,900 Jan 27
Jabil Circuit Inc

(JBL.N) Electronics 3,000 Jan 28
Eastman Kodak Co

(EK.N) Camera, printing 4,500 Jan 29
Macy's Inc (M.N) Retail 7,000 Feb 02
Cisco Systems Inc

(CSCO.O) IT 1,500-2000 Feb 04
Estee Lauder Cos Inc

(EL.N) Cosmetics 2,000 Feb 05
BorgWarner Inc (BWA.N) Auto 4,400 Feb 12
Chrysler LLC Auto 3,000 Feb 17
General Motors Corp

GM.N Auto 67,000 Feb 17

REGION - ASIA-PACIFIC:
COMPANY SECTOR NUMBERS DATE
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TDK Corp (6762.T) Electronics 8,000 Jan 8
Lenovo Group (0992.HK) IT 2,500 Jan 8
BHP Billiton Ltd/Plc

(BHP.AX) Mining 6,000 Jan 21
Panasonic Corp (6752.T) Electronics 15,000 Feb 4
Nissan Motor Co (7201.T)Auto 20,000 Feb 9
Pioneer Corp (6773.T) Electronics 10,000 Feb 12

REGION - AFRICA
COMPANY SECTOR NUMBERS DATE
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Anglo Platinum (AMSJ.J) Platinum 10,000 Feb 10
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TOTAL 346,610
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(Writing by Jijo Jacob and Carl Bagh, Bangalore Editorial
Reference Unit, and David Cutler, London Editorial Reference
Unit; editing by Karen Foster)