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*Note: We previously listed Chemours/Dupont with 9,100 cuts this year. The Chemours spinoff from Dupont cost 5-7% of 9,100 jobs. Today’s announcement from Caterpillar that it will shed 5,000 workers by the end of 2016, with the possibility of adding

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WATCH here: http://www.cnbc.com/2015/09/03/us-employers-plan-41186-job-cuts-in-augus...

August Job Cuts Drop After July Surge Published September 2, 2015  Monthly job cuts plunged by more than 60 percent in August after surging to a four-year high in July on massive cuts in military staffing, according to the report

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Massive Troop and Civilian Reductions Lead to First 100,000+ Month Since 2011 Monthly job cuts rocketed to the highest level in nearly four years, as U.S. employers announced plans to shed 105,696 workers from their payrolls in July, according to

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Original article: http://www.cnbc.com/2015/07/22/oil-and-gas-jobs-pay-is-still-big-but-not... "And keeping pay and bonus percentages constant has been made possible only through cost-saving layoffs. U.S.-based energy firms announced 60,500 job cuts in the first six months of 2015, compared with fewer than 4,000 in the same

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Job cuts increased by about 10 percent in June, as employers announced plans to reduce payrolls by 44,842 workers during the month. Meanwhile, heavier-than-expected downsizing throughout the first half of 2015 pushed the midyear total to its highest level since

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After reaching a three year high in April, planned job cuts announced by U.S.-based firms declined sharply in May, falling by 33 percent to 41,034, according the latest report released Thursday by global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.

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Falling oil prices contributed to a 68 percent surge in job cuts last month, as US-based employers announced workforce reductions totaling 61,582 in April, up from 36,594 in March, according to the latest report on monthly layoffs released Thursday by

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Planned job cuts declined slightly in February, as US-based employers announced workforce reductions totaling 50,579, five percent fewer than the 53,041 in January, according to the report on monthly job cuts released Thursday by global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray &

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Original Article: http://www.wsj.com/articles/at-works-oil-patch-woes-heighten-business-sc... "The energy industry cut 20,193 jobs last month, says outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. Some 18% of North American oil and gas companies plan to freeze or cut pay in the near future, and 32%

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The falling price of oil, now at under $50 a barrel for the first time since 2009, has caused a spate of layoff announcements impacting thousands of workers in oil-related industries, according to a tally recorded by global outplacement firm

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