Acuity profit falls, to cut jobs (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Lighting maker Acuity Brands Inc reported lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday, reflecting weaker housing and retail construction markets and high raw material costs, and said it would cut jobs and consolidate some manufacturing operations.
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More ceramics jobs under threat (BBC News)
Another 96 jobs are at risk at ceramics maker Waterford Wedgwood, the firm says.
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Cardboard maker creates new jobs (BBC News)
About 50 new jobs could be created after a German cardboard maker picks Ellesmere Port for a new base.
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Ariz. newspaper plans to cut 142 jobs next year (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
The East Valley Tribune, a daily newspaper primarily serving Phoenix suburbs, plans to cut 142 jobs early next year when its print edition will become a free distribution publication running four days a week.
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Acuity to cut 800 jobs, close 2 plants (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Lighting-equipment maker Acuity Brands Inc. said Tuesday it will cut 800 jobs and close two manufacturing plants in an effort to offset a weak construction environment and rising costs.
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Jobs to go with sale of airbase (BBC News)
The MoD is to sell off the former RAF base at Machrihanish in Kintyre with the loss of 20 jobs.
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G&K Services to close plants, cut jobs (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
G&K Services Inc., which makes and rents workplace uniforms, said Tuesday it will cut jobs and close plants in a move to reduce costs amid a difficult economic environment.
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Number of Legal Jobs Steadily Declining, Federal Stats Show (Law.com)
The law sector saw jobs shrink by 2,000 in September -- the fifth consecutive month of losses. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the legal workforce of 1,165,100 is down by 1.15 percent from one year ago, when the industry employed 1,178,600 people.
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Dream kids' jobs: Drawing cartoons (BBC News)
Some members of the British workforce are paid to build Lego, draw cartoons, design video games and taste chocolate for a living. So what's it like to actually do one of the jobs you would have dreamt about as a kid?
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Lighting maker Acuity to cut 800 jobs (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Acuity Brands, an Atlanta-based maker of lighting products, said it will cut 800 jobs in the wake of a drop in sales stemming in part from the weak housing market. The company said the cuts will accompany a plant consolidation aimed at boosting efficiency. Both manufacturing jobs and salaried positions will be cut, Acuity said, but it did not say if its Atlanta headquarters will be affected. ...
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