FACTBOX-Jobs gloom for 2009

Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:55am GMT
 
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 Feb 26 (Reuters) - The deepening global economic crisis has
claimed over 370,000 jobs in non-financial sectors since the
beginning of 2009.
 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    
 -----------------------------------------------------------
 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    
 -----------------------------------------------------------
 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
 Goodyear (GT.N)         Tyre             5,000     Feb  18
 Delta Air Lines (DAL.N) Airlines         2,100     Feb  19
 Visteon Corp VC.N     Auto             9,300     Feb  25
 Nortel Networks Corp
 NT.TO                 Telecom          3,200     Feb  25
 
 REGION - ASIA-PACIFIC:
 COMPANY                 SECTOR           NUMBERS      DATE 
 -----------------------------------------------------------
 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    
 -----------------------------------------------------------
 Anglo Platinum (AMSJ.J) Platinum        10,000     Feb   9 
 Lonmin Plc (LMI.L)      Platinum         5,500     Feb  24 
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             TOTAL                   371,710
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 (Writing by Jijo Jacob and Carl Bagh, Bangalore Editorial
Reference Unit. Additional writing and editing by David Cutler,
London Editorial Reference Unit;)

 

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