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Layoffs spare few major cities nationwide

02/04/2009 AP VIA CBS4.COM WASHINGTON
Unemployment rates rose in 363 of the largest 369 U.S. metropolitan areas in December from a year earlier. Manufacturing layoffs are creating the largest increases in unemployment in Indiana’s Elkhart-Goshen region and in Dalton, Ga. Elkhart-Goshen’s unemployment rate increased 10.6 percentage points from December 2007 to 15.3 percent this December. Nationally, the jobless rate is a seasonally adjusted 7.2 percent.

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Labels: Elkhart-Goshen, jobless rate, layoffs, manufacturing, metropolitan areas, unemployment rate

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Job cuts widen to hit more sectors of economy

01/27/2009 CATHERINE RAMPELL THE NEW YORK TIMES
Home building and mortgage lenders began cutting jobs early in this recession, and now, a year into this recession, companies across the board in manufacturing, retailing and information technology are resorting to mass layoffs. Home Depot, Caterpillar, Sprint Nextel and at least eight other companies say they are cutting more than 75,000 jobs in the United States and abroad. The Bureau of Labor Statistics says the U.S. economy has lost 2.55 million jobs since the recession began.

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Labels: Caterpillar, Home Depot, information technology, job cuts, layoffs, manufacturing, recession, retailing, Sprint Nextel

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