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Sara Lee to close South Side plant, cut 185 jobs - Crain's Chicago Business

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Sara Lee to close South Side plant, cut 185 jobs
Crain's Chicago Business, IL - 1 hour ago
(Crain’s) — Sara Lee Corp. is closing a hot dog factory on the South Side, eliminating 185 jobs. The Downers Grove-based foodmaker is exiting the kosher hot ...

DCFS cuts jobs, not workload - Chicago Daily Herald

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DCFS cuts jobs, not workload
Chicago Daily Herald, IL - 2 hours ago
AP SPRINGFIELD -- The state's child-welfare agency, preparing to cut almost 200 employees amid a budget crisis, says it needs remaining staff members ...
AP Exclusive: Ill. agency cuts jobs, not workload WREX-TV
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Holidays deliver needed jobs - LaSalle News Tribune

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Holidays deliver needed jobs
LaSalle News Tribune, IL - 6 hours ago
By Tom Collins Emily Sons, 16, rings up a family’s purchases at Peru Target on Tuesday evening. Sons is part of the extra staff Target hired to help during ...

La-Z-Boy to cut 850 jobs - Chicago Daily Herald

17 hours 34 min ago

La-Z-Boy to cut 850 jobs
Chicago Daily Herald, IL - 4 minutes ago
AP MONROE, Mich. -- Lay-Z-Boy Inc. says it will lay off 850 workers as it reported a widening loss for its fiscal second quarter, hurt by a deteriorating ...

Recession-proof jobs - WQAD

November 18, 2008 - 10:38pm

Recession-proof jobs
WQAD, IL - 19 hours ago
by Pam Cunningham DAVENPORT, Iowa -- Everyday there's a steady stream of bad economic news. And with it comes worries about job security and lay-offs. ...

PBG Cuts Forecast/Jobs - Zacks.com

November 18, 2008 - 2:54pm

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PBG Cuts Forecast/Jobs
Zacks.com, IL - Nov 18, 2008
Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. (PBG), the largest bottler for PepsiCo, reduced its 2008 earnings estimates today. Pepsi Bottling also stated it will shed 4.6% ...
Pepsi Bottling cuts jobs, forecast Packaging Digest
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Oral Roberts U. to Cut 100 Jobs - ChristianityToday.com

November 18, 2008 - 1:27pm

Oral Roberts U. to Cut 100 Jobs
ChristianityToday.com, IL - Nov 18, 2008
Just days after Oral Roberts University announced that it will give former president Richard Roberts more than $440000 in severance pay, the Tulsa school ...

Free program connects people with jobs - WHOI

November 18, 2008 - 12:10pm

Free program connects people with jobs
WHOI, IL - Nov 18, 2008
By Ashley McNamee PEORIA -- To battle the sluggish economy, Governor Blagojevich is teaming up with local agencies to put people in Illinois to work. ...

HSBC to cut 500 jobs in Asia as slump takes toll - Belleville News Democrat

November 18, 2008 - 12:09am

HSBC to cut 500 jobs in Asia as slump takes toll
Belleville News Democrat,  USA - 6 minutes ago
AP HONG KONG -- HSBC Holdings PLC, Europe's largest bank by market value, plans to cut 500 jobs in Asia due to the global economic slump. ...

Citigroup plans a leaner future, cuts 53000 jobs - Journal Gazette and Times-Courier

November 17, 2008 - 7:09pm

Citigroup plans a leaner future, cuts 53000 jobs
Journal Gazette and Times-Courier, IL - 5 minutes ago
By MADLEN READ NEW YORK - Citigroup, widely seen as the sickest Wall Street bank, will make some of the most severe cuts in the history of US business _ ...

State Launces New Employment Website - Chicagoist

November 17, 2008 - 5:27pm

State Launces New Employment Website
Chicagoist, IL - Nov 17, 2008
As the national (and state) unemployment rates continue to rise, Governor Blagojevich has announced the launching of a new state-run website, in conjunction ...

Focus on the Family Eliminates 202 Jobs - ChristianityToday.com

November 17, 2008 - 5:15pm

Focus on the Family Eliminates 202 Jobs
ChristianityToday.com, IL - Nov 17, 2008
Focus on the Family will drop 202 positions - about 15 percent of its staff - in the coming weeks, the Colorado Springs Gazette reports. ...

Finding jobs for our friends - Oak Brook Business Ledger

November 17, 2008 - 12:32pm

Finding jobs for our friends
Oak Brook Business Ledger, IL - Nov 17, 2008
I’ve lost count, but I figure that in my adult life I have experienced five or six down business cycles. The most recent were the years immediately after ...

Citigroup to shed another 53000 jobs - WREX-TV

November 17, 2008 - 12:06pm

Citigroup to shed another 53000 jobs
WREX-TV, IL - 5 minutes ago
AP - November 17, 2008 11:53 AM ET Citigroup plans to shed about 53000 more employees in the coming quarters. It is struggling to find stable footing after ...

Citi Slashes Jobs, May Keep Bonuses - Zacks.com

November 17, 2008 - 10:37am

Citi Slashes Jobs, May Keep Bonuses
Zacks.com, IL - Nov 17, 2008
We took a gander at two separate AP reports about the mega-job slash announced by Citigroup Inc. (C) this morning. Both stories reported the 53000 jobs the ...

Fidelity to cut 1700 jobs in 2nd round of layoffs - Chicago Daily Herald

November 17, 2008 - 10:29am

Fidelity to cut 1700 jobs in 2nd round of layoffs
Chicago Daily Herald, IL - Nov 17, 2008
AP BOSTON -- Fidelity Investments will eliminate 1700 jobs early next year in a second round of cuts at the largest US mutual fund company, which has seen ...
Putnam Investments to cut 47 jobs, merge funds Belleville News Democrat
Putnam to cut jobs, merge funds Chicago Daily Herald
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VW, Kia plants to create jobs - Plant Engineering

November 17, 2008 - 9:28am

VW, Kia plants to create jobs
Plant Engineering, IL - Nov 17, 2008
According to a report in the Chattanooga Times Free Press, the Chattanooga area will see nearly 10000 construction and spinoff jobs during the construction ...

Citigroup expected to cut 53000 more jobs - WAND

November 17, 2008 - 9:07am

Citigroup expected to cut 53000 more jobs
WAND, IL - 2 minutes ago
AP - November 17, 2008 9:03 AM ET NEW YORK (AP) - A person briefed on Citigroup's plans says the banking giant is cutting another 53000 jobs in the coming ...

Updated 11/17: Plant closing to cut nearly 200 jobs - Pioneer Press Online

November 17, 2008 - 5:02am

Updated 11/17: Plant closing to cut nearly 200 jobs
Pioneer Press Online, IL - Nov 17, 2008
By TONY BERTUCA tbertuca@pioneerlocal.com The nation's ailing economy claimed another local victim last week when a Niles auto-parts plant, which had been ...

90 new jobs at Aurora firm - Geneva Sun

November 17, 2008 - 5:01am

90 new jobs at Aurora firm
Geneva Sun, IL - 21 hours ago
By ROWENA VERGARA rvergara@scn1.com AURORA -- It may be hard to grasp exactly what Cabot Microelectronics does inside its colossal facilities on Aurora's ...

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