Jobs report

The government defines mass layoffs as those that involve "at least 50 persons from a single employer."

Jobs eliminated the week starting 4/13/2009
Hallmark - 750
UBS - 7,500
Linear Tech - 130
Teradyne - 350
Smart Modular - 3%
Xilinx - 200

Jobs eliminated the week starting 4/06/2009
Isilon Systems - 10%
FARO Technologies - 7% (7% announced in Feb 09)
Olympic Steel - 21%
John Deere - 160
Whirlpool - 600
Constellation Brands - 5%
Capstone Turbine - 22

Jobs eliminated the week starting 3/30/2009
Dyax - 60
KLA-Tencor - 10%
KHD Humboldt Wedag - 50%
Quidel Corporation - 31
Frozen Food Express Industries - 150
Computer Associates - 3,100
Cascade Corporation - 20%
LMI Aerospace - 60
Sparton - 970
Opnext - 10%
Internap Network - 10%
Cardinal Health - 800
Wausau Paper - 7%
AllianceBernstein Holding - 237
Vitesse Semiconductor - 12%

Jobs eliminated the week starting 3/23/2009
Hospira - 10%
Entropic Communications - 55
Arbitron - 10%
IBM - 5,000
Agilent - 2,700
Plantronics - 670
Key Technology - 7%

Jobs eliminated the week starting 3/16/2009
Caterpillar - 2,354 (20,000 announced in January with 2,000 voluntary retirement)
Ramtron - 119
Cerus Corp - 31
LeCroy - 6.5%
Cintas - 9%
Cortex Pharmaceuticals - 50%


Jobs eliminated the week starting 3/9/2009
The McClatchy Company - 1,600
Eastman Chemical Company - 200-300
United Technologies - 11,600
Medis Technologies - 50 (Israeli office)
Mercury General - 360
Belo Corp - 150
PGT - 100
PPG - 2,500
Advanced Energy Industries - 330
Sunoco - 750


Jobs eliminated the week starting 3/2/2009
Timken - 400
HSBC - 6,100
WTVH - 40
RF Micro devices - 100
Finisar - 17%
Marvell Technology Group - 15%
Deere & Company - 325



Jobs eliminated the week starting 2/23/2009
iPass Inc - 70
Verenium Corporation - 15%
Micron - 2,000
PPL Corporation - 200
Spansion - 3,000
Elan Corporation - 230
Interface - 290
Macerich - 142
Kulicke and Soffa - 215
Nortel - 3,200
Cisco Systems - 250
Armstrong World Industries - 10%
Sotheby's - 15%
J. Crew - 95

Jobs eliminated the week starting 2/16/2009
Smithfield Foods - 1,800
State of California - 20,000
Goodyear - 5,000
General Motors - 47,000 (over course of 2009)
Agilent - 600
Celera - 20
Anglo American - 19,000
iGo - 20%


Jobs eliminated the week starting 2/9/2009
KV Pharmaceutical - 700
Nissan - 20,000
FedEx Freight - 900
GM - 10,000
IntercontinentalExchange - 55
UBS - 2,000
Walmart - 800
Zenith National Insurance Corp - 100
Grainger - 400
Toro - 100
Oscient Pharmaceuticals - 97
Netgear - (TBD)
Rackable Systems - 15%

Jobs eliminated the week starting 2/2/2009
Macy's - 7,000
Morgan Stanley - 1,880
Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals, Inc - 20
King Pharmaceuticals, Inc - 760
PNC Bank - 5,800
Rockwell Collins - 600
Liz Clairborne - 725
Redpoint Bio Corporation - 12
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated - 500
Northstar Neuroscience - 64%
Electronic Arts - 11%
ArvinMeritor, Inc - 1,500
Panasonic - 15,000
Allergan - 460
Estee Lauder - 2,000
Domtar - 185
Harman Int'l - 1,100
THQ - 600
Finisar - 200
Brown Shoe - 12%



Jobs eliminated the week starting 1/26/2009
Caterpillar - 20,000
Home Depot - 7,000
ING Financial - 7,000
Pfizer - 19,000
Sprint Nextel - 8,000
GM Ohio, Michigan - 2,000
Royal Philips Electronics NV - 6,000
Tata Steel - 3,500
Barnes Group, Inc - 800
Lincoln National Corp. - 540
Brooks Automation Inc. - 350
Altus Pharmaceuticals Inc - 140
Texas Instruments - 3,400
Quiksilver - 200
LECG Corporation - 72
FirstFed Financial Corp. - 62
Corning - 3,500
United Stationers Inc - 250
Baker Hughes - 1,500
Target - 1,500 (600 full time, 400 open positions, 500 Dist. unit)
Boeing - 5,500 (total of 10,000 as 4,500 were announced 1/9/09)
Analogic - 140
AOL/Time Warner - 700
Pacific Sunwear - 57
Sepracor - 530
Starbucks - 700 (In November '08 they announced closing 300 stores which will affect 6,000)
Jabil Circuit - 3,000
Skyworks Solutions - 150
Ford Motor Credit - 1,200
Allstate - 1,000 (over next 2 years)
Abbott Laboratories - 200
Kodak - 3,500 - 4,500
Teradyne - 504
International Game Technology - 200
AstraZeneca - 6,000
Cessna - 2,000 (announced 2,600 jobs earlier this year)
Bon-Ton Stores - 1,150
Oshkosh - 1,050
Schwab - 500-600
Conexant - 140
Eddie Bauer Holdings, Inc - 193
ZYGO - 7%
Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - 52
Broadcom - 3%
O'Brien & Gere, Syracuse, NY - 40
InBev, B'ville, NY - 15
Lee Memorial Hospital - 200
MKS Instruments - 10%
Pep Boys - 50
Baldwin Technology Company, Inc - 80
Chico's - 180

Jobs eliminated the week starting 1/19/2009
AMB Property - 22%
Artic Cat - 100
BHP Billiton - 6,000
Bridgestone - 543
Clear Channel Communications - 1,850
Eaton - 5,200
Employers Holdings - 14%
Ericsson - 5,000
FiberMark paper - 100
Harley Davidson - 1,100
IBM - 1400
Intel - 2,950
John Deere - 702 (692 prviously announced restated that 10 additional at its Davenport location)
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals - 102
McQuay - 60
Microsoft - 5,000
Pall Trinity Micro - 80
Polaris - 460
Rohm and Haas Co - 900
Schlumberger - 5,000
Sonic Solutions - 75
UAL Corp - 1,000
Viacom - 850
Warner Bros. - 800
Williams-Sonoma - 1,400


Previous weeks 2009
Advanced Micro Devices - 1,100
Alcoa - 13,500
Autodesk - 750
Barclay's - 2,100
Barnes & Noble - 100
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Michigan - 1,000
Boeing - 4500
Borg Warner - 200
Cessna - 2,600
Cigna - 1,100
Circuit City - 30,000
ConocoPhillips - 1,300
Corus - 3,500
Crouse Hinds - 39
Cummins - 800
EMC Corp - 2,400
Ethan Allen - 350
Google - 100
Hertz - 4,000
Honda - 3,100
Huntsman Corporation - 1,175
Lee Memorial Hospital - 36
Logitech - 500
Macy's - 900
MeadWestvaco Corporation - 2,000
Motorola - 4,000
Neiman Marcus Group - 375
New York & Co - 350
Penn Traffic (P&C foods) - 207
Saks Fith Ave - 1,100
ShopNBC - 11%
Stature Electric - 17
TDK Corp. - 8,000
Walgreen's 1,000
WellPoint - 1,500
World Wrestling Entertainment - 60
Wynit - 61