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2013 starts with 24 percent rise in job cuts

By tvgnus   Follow   Thu, 31 Jan 2013, 4:56am   320 views   6 comments
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January •  Planned layoffs may be offset by planned hiring The nations employers announced plans to cut payrolls by 40,430 jobs in January, up 24 percent from 32,556 in December, according to the latest report on planned job cuts released Thursday by outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc.

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1. New Renter Follow Befriend (3) 14 threads 2,451 comments San Jose, CA Premium

   1   7:27am Thu 31 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike   Protected   Yet housing will continue to go up.

2. SFace Follow Befriend (2) 61 threads 1,336 comments Premium

   2   8:26am Thu 31 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   Protected   January 2013 jobs report tommorow. That may set the tone for,2013. 180k jobs.

3. Philistine Follow Befriend 507 comments Los Angeles, CA

   3   8:56am Thu 31 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   To be fair, 24% is a *month-over-month* increase, and job cuts are seasonal, especially in January (end of year accounting, holidays over, etc.). It would be much more useful to compare year-over-year job cuts.

4. zzyzzx Follow Befriend (9) 436 threads 4,257 comments Baltimore, MD

   4   11:04am Thu 31 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   2013 starts with 24 percent rise in job cuts It's all Obama's fault!!!

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   5   12:40pm Thu 31 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   New Renter says Yet housing will continue to go up. If you count "adverse repossession" squatting, then YES! It's all the rage in Florida now.

6. Facebooksux Follow Befriend (3) 3 threads 278 comments Mountain View, CA

   6   12:57pm Thu 31 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   SFace says January 2013 jobs report tommorow. That may set the tone for,2013. 180k jobs. Go F yourself. That's not even enough to keep up with population growth.