HELSINKI (Reuters) - Struggling Finnish phone maker Nokia plans to cut 4,000 more jobs at its plants in Finland, Hungary and Mexico as it seeks to cut costs by moving smartphone assembly work to Asia. The cuts of 8 percent of the phone business workforce bring total planned job cuts at the group since Stephen Elop took over as Chief Executive in September 2010 to more than 30,000. Nokia said in ...
World-leading mobile phone maker Nokia will cut 4,000 jobs at its smartphone manufacturing facilities in Finland, Hungary and Mexico by the end of 2012, it said on Wednesday.
THE Employment Minister has said he is not prepared to “just throw money” at the North East to help find jobs for our 153,000 unemployed despite admitting “it faces the greatest challenge”.
The green economy that California officials hoped would add jobs during the depths of the recent recession actually lost positions instead, according to a new report. And yet, California clean-tech companies still fared...
Silicon Valley is creating jobs and wealth for highly skilled workers but may be leaving some residents behind as employment closes in on pre-Great Recession levels, according to a report released Tuesday.
The government predicts that healthcare occupations will be booming, while postal service jobs will disappear ReutersIf you're looking for guaranteed employment during the next eight years, become a nurse. ...
EVANSTON, Ill., Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Following several years of declines, manufacturing employment in Illinois rose a half percent over the past twelve months according to the 100th anniversary ...
The January jobs report — 243,000 jobs added — was greeted with widespread relief. The economists over at the Wall Street Journal were virtually giddy : “a game changer,” “positive report in really every way,” “strength is everywhere,” “a blow-out number.” Liberal analysts celebrated its effects on Obama’s reelection prospects. Matt Yglesias hailed “recovery winter,” arguing that barring “some ...
PHOENIX, Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- While unemployment rates continue to be at an all-time high, America is not getting back to work fast enough. Arizona leads the country in unemployment numbers and ...
MELVILLE, N.Y., Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- With the 2012 election season in full swing, the economy continues to be one of the biggest factors impacting Americans' choice for president, with 49 percent ...
Rochester High School senior Grant Winning spent nine months looking for a part-time job before being hired as a cashier at County Market, 2777 S. Sixth St., in August. His struggle to find work is mirrored by teens throughout Illinois. Northeastern University’s Center for Labor Market Studies reported last week that only 27.5 percent of teens in Illinois had jobs last year.
NEW YORK and BOSTON, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP announced that Lisa J. Damon, Chair of the firm's national Labor & Employment Department, has been selected by global ...
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- For the fourth month of gains, a gauge of employment trends rose in January, indicating that "somewhat more robust job growth" is likely to continue this quarter, but may then fall off, according to a monthly labor-market report released Monday by the Conference Board. The private research group said its employment-trends index, which is designed to forecast turning ...
NEW YORK, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Conference Board Employment Trends Index™ (ETI) increased 0.73% in January to 105.81, from the revised figure of 105.04 in December. The January figure is also ...
("Nabors Former CEO Ends Employment Pact, Waives Right To $100M," published at 7:47 a.m. EST, misstated the year in the fifth paragraph. A corrected version follows:)