When All Else Is Out of Bounds, Zap Labor
From Nixon’s wage controls to today’s interest rate hikes, the fight against inflation has targeted labor.
Mark Heschmeyer's weekly report, from CoStar.
Layoffs Hit Sun, AMD and Other Tech Firms
A Weekly Report on Future Corporate Downsizings
In this week's issue:
We give you the latest announcements of major U.S. corporation closures and layoffs including Advanced Micro Devices, Alcoa, Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Brunswick Corp., Comsys IT Partners, Imation, Intersil, Metaldyne, MGP Ingredients, Sun Microsystems, Weyerhaeuser and additional closings in Texas, Wisconsin and Washington.
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