Layoffs Update

December, 2008

AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE

Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
Ft Worth, TX; Amarillo, TX
Faced with the loss of a big defense contract and an impatient corporate parent with
a sagging stock price, Bell Helicopter is cutting 500 jobs, mostly from its Fort Worth
operations. The job cuts follow in the wake of the Pentagon's Oct. 16 decision to
cancel the Army's $5 billion-plus contract with Bell to develop the ARH-70A Armed
Reconnaissance Helicopter. All but about 30 of the layoffs will come from personnel
at Bell's Fort Worth-area facilities, with the rest from the ranks of its Amarillo
workforce. The layoffs and terminations were being made at all levels, including 40
out of about 200 upper-management positions. Significant numbers of engineers,
marketing and other white-collar personnel were included in the cuts, and about 20
percent are manufacturing workers.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 Ft Worth Star-Telegram

Rockwell Collins Inc.

Cedar Rapids, IA; Decorah, IA; Manchester, IA; Bellevue, IA; Coralville, IA
Rockwell Collins plans to lay off 175 Iowa employees in response to the slowing
economy and orders delayed by the recent Boeing strike. The company announced
the layoffs as part of a larger cost reduction plan that includes delaying 2009 merit
increases for management and most employees for three months, leaving some
positions vacant and putting off or canceling some hiring plans. In total, 300
Rockwell Collins employees will be laid off, primarily in the operations area that
includes manufacturing. About 100 contract employees also will be affected, mainly
in engineering. The layoffs are expected to begin in January. In addition to the 100
Cedar Rapids employees that will be affected, about 75 layoffs will occur throughout
other Iowa operations in Decorah, Manchester, Bellevue and Coralville.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 The Gazette

The Boeing Company

Chicago, IL; Wichita, KS
Boeing Co.'s defense unit plans to cut 800 jobs, or about 27 percent of the
workforce, at its plant in Wichita, Kan., because of the delay of an Air Force tanker
replacement program and the end of other work projects. The Chicago-based
company, which makes military aircraft, civilian jetliners and surveillance systems,
said the reduction at the Integrated Defense Systems facility will affect managers as
well as salaried and hourly workers. Their last day of work is scheduled for mid-
January. The rest of the layoffs will continue throughout 2009, with most occurring in
the first half of the year.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 501-1000 Chicago Tribune

APPAREL
Block Corporation
Tupelo, MS
Apparel maker Block Corp. is laying off more than half its employees, starting Jan. 1.
The company's senior vice president of operations, Jim Beisel, said the 120 layoffs of
distribution and warehouse workers would be completed by the end of January.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
Hanesbrands Inc.
Winston-Salem, NC
A North Carolina textile company says it is laying off white collar workers in its home
city as part of a cutback that includes closing a yarn plant elsewhere in the state.
Hanesbrands Inc. announced that there will be 210 corporate and management jobs
cuts across the company, including 155 positions in Winston-Salem. Hanesbrands
said half of the cuts are in purchasing, production planning and development and
quality control. The other half are in customer management, finance, human
resources, information technology and marketing.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 The Associated Press

AUTOMOTIVE
Kenworth Truck Company
Renton, WA
Kenworth Truck Co. plans to lay off more than 400 workers and end most truck
production at its Renton plant as a two-year slump in truck sales moves into a third.
Don Hursey, directing business representative for Machinists District Lodge 160, said
he was told by Kenworth officials that 329 union and 92 management employees will
be laid off. The layoffs and production cuts are effective Jan. 19.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

FINANCIAL SERVICES
American Century Proprietary Holdings Inc.
Kansas City, MO
American Century Investments will lay off 270 employees, nearly all of them in
Kansas City, in a cost-cutting move that hits 17 percent of its workforce. The
cutbacks at the mutual fund giant reflect the ongoing turmoil on Wall Street that has
caused many investors to pull out of the stock market. American Century employees
who are let go will receive one month's pay and benefits for each year they have
worked at the company, Doyle said.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 The Kansas City Star

American Express Company

Greensboro, NC
In a stark acknowledgment of the tough times ahead in the credit card industry,
American Express Co. plans to cut 7,000 jobs, or about 10 percent of its worldwide
workforce, in an effort to slash costs by $1.8 billion in 2009. An undisclosed number
of those jobs will come from the company's Greensboro call center. The job cuts will
be across various business units, but will primarily focus on management positions,
the company said. "Greensboro is a big service-orientated facility for us; thus the
reduction in jobs in the Greensboro area was reasonably small," spokeswoman
Joanna Lambert said. The company declined to give the exact number of Triad jobs
to be affected by the layoffs. The local call center employs about 2,300 people.
Approximate Affected Workforce: over 1000 News & Record

AMERIGROUP Corporation
Memphis, TN
AmeriGroup Tennessee Inc., part of AmeriGroup Corp. (NYSE: AGP), closed its
Memphis office, laying off 130 workers, according to the Tennessee Department of
Labor and Workforce Development. Last year, the managed health care services
company started offering health care coverage to 170,000 people enrolled in the
state's TennCare program. In July 2008, the company said it would shutter
subsidiary Memphis Managed Care Corp. on Nov. 1, following the company's losing
bid for one of two TennCare contracts in West Tennessee.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 Memphis Business Journal

Cash America International Inc.

Cincinnati, OH
Pawn shop operator and short-term lender Cash America International Inc. said the
company plans to shutdown about a third of its payday lending shops in Ohio. The
Fort Worth, Texas-based Cash America International said it will close 43 Cashland
shops in the coming months, including more than a dozen in Greater Cincinnati, and
will cost the company 150 jobs. Spokeswoman Mary Jackson said Cash America isn't
disclosing the stores to be shut until it informs workers.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 The Business Courier

Citigroup Inc.
New York, NY
In the most dramatic round of layoffs seen to date in the battered U.S. financial
sector, Citigroup Inc. plans to cut about 50,000 additional jobs in an effort to cut
costs and stem huge losses sparked by bad investment and lending decisions.
Management also plans to reduce costs across the company by 20 percent in the
near term and will continue to sell off troubled assets. Citigroup's layoffs are the
latest in a brutal round of job cuts across the financial industry. The cuts have been
sparked by unprecedented losses due to bad credit investments, as well as the
subsequent precipitous drop in banking and other financial-services business amid
the worst economic conditions in 70 years.
Approximate Affected Workforce: over 1000 MarketWatch

CNH Capital America LLC

Racine, WI
A CNH Capital spokesman says the company has eliminated 115 employees with the
majority of the job cuts coming in Racine. Case-New Holland spokesman Tom Witom
declined to be specific about how many employees were let go, but employees say
that at least 100 people in Racine have been cut. CNH Capital is the financing arm of
CNH Global, a manufacturer of farm and construction equipment. Before the job
terminations, CNH Capital had approximately 300 employees at its headquarters in
Racine.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 The Associated Press

Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company Inc.

Boston, MA; New Hampshire; Rhode Island
Battered by the weakening economy and falling stock markets, Fidelity Investments
confirmed it will begin the first of two rounds of job cuts, laying off about 1,300
people from the Boston mutual fund giant. This month's layoffs will represent about
3 percent of Fidelity's total workforce of 44,400, spokeswoman Anne Crowley said.
Fidelity employs about 11,500 people in Massachusetts, and Crowley said the layoffs
would be "roughly proportional" across it's US and global operations. If so, 3 percent
of the Massachusetts workforce would be 345 positions. It also has about 5,400
employees in New Hampshire and about 2,400 employees in Rhode Island. One focus
of the cuts will be company managers. Fidelity will follow with a second layoff in the
first quarter of next year, Crowley said, with details of it still to be finalized.
Approximate Affected Workforce: over 1000 The Boston Globe
HSBC North American Holdings Inc.
London, England; Depew, NY
More than 200 HSBC Mortgage Corp. employees in Depew will lose their jobs as part
of the banking company's decision to close its wholesale and third-party
correspondent mortgage business. HSBC will focus on the retail sales channel, which
deals directly with consumers who are seeking mortgages as opposed to dealing with
brokers. The wholesale and third-party correspondent mortgage channels will cease
immediately. As a result, 225 employees in Depew are being let go and another 100
employees who work remotely at various locations around the country will lose their
jobs. Those who will be laid off have been given 60 days' notice, during which time
they will receive information about benefits, severance packages, internal job
opportunities and outplacement services, Durham said.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 Buffalo Business First

The Allstate Corporation

Hudson, OH
Allstate Insurance Co. will layoff 159 people in Hudson on Dec. 31 as the company
reorganizes its claims center operations there. The company announced its plans last
year, saying it was changing its regional claims offices to "express" centers. The
Illinois-based insurance giant said employees can settle customer claims immediately
at the new centers instead of turning them over to big claims operations.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 Plain Dealer

The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.

Hartford, CT
Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. will cut 500 jobs, or about 2 percent, of its
total workforce this month, citing losses in its investment portfolios and declining
revenue. The Hartford, Conn.-based insurer employs about 31,000 people. After
reporting disappointing third-quarter results, the company said it would slash jobs
and other expenses to save $250 million in annual costs by the end of 2009.
Spokeswoman Shannon Lapierre said 500 employees around the country – including
nearly 125 in the Hartford region – will be laid off.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 Connecticut Post Online

HEALTHCARE
Shasta Regional Medical Center
Redding, CA
Shasta Regional Medical Center in Redding is laying off 150 nurses and hospital
employees, about a fifth of its total staff. Some employees were told they could
reapply for their positions. Shasta Regional Chief Executive Phil Dionne said the cuts
are simply a reflection of patient volumes that area hospitals have been
experiencing. The 246-bed hospital has been struggling to keep up with its bills. A
lender has already declared the hospital in default. Dionne says Shasta Regional
would have closed if Prime Healthcare Services of Southern California had not
stepped in as the hospital's new managers.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 The Associated Press

The University of Texas Medical Branch

Galveston, TX
The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, still reeling from Hurricane Ike,
is laying off some 3,800 people. In a news release, the UT Board of Regents said it
was forced to make the job cuts because the teaching hospital was running out of
money. Ike caused nearly $710 million in losses when it hit the island in September
and only about $100 million of the damage is covered by insurance.
Approximate Affected Workforce: over 1000 The Associated Press

Valley View Regional Hospital

Ada, OK
More than 100 employees will be laid off from Valley View Regional Hospital in Ada, a
result of payment problems that reach beyond the southeast Oklahoma site. The
non-profit Pontotoc County hospital has run into financial troubles in part because of
delays in receiving reimbursements from Medicare and private insurance companies.
The 200-bed hospital is cutting 127 out of about 800 positions. Doctors and nurses
who work on patient floors were spared. Most cuts are in administration and support.
Those who are affected will receive one week of pay for every year of employment,
up to 12 years, and area hospitals have been contacted in an effort to help laid-off
workers find new jobs.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 The Oklahoman

HIGH TECHNOLOGY
Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
Austin, TX
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is eliminating about 500 jobs companywide, including
154 in Austin. All the Austin employees being cut have been notified. The cuts are
part of the company's ongoing effort to reduce costs and achieve a $1.5 billion
"breakeven" by early next year. "We are examining all of our activities to make
certain that each supports our objectives, and stop those activities that don't," says
AMD spokesman Michael Silverman. Silverman adds that the company is making
progress in its return to profitability.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 Austin Business Journal

Cadence Design Systems Inc.

San Jose, CA
Cadence Design Systems Inc. plans to cut at least 625 jobs, or 12 percent of its
workforce, in a bid to save about $150 million a year. The company expects to
complete the layoffs by the second half of fiscal 2009. Cadence expects to record a
pre-tax restructuring charge of about $65 million to $70 million.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 501-1000 MarketWatch

Entegris Inc.
Chaska, MN
Entegris Inc., a supplier to the semiconductor and electronics industry, will close the
larger of its two manufacturing plants in Chaska, cutting 200 jobs, as the company
shifts work closer to its Asian customers. The plant primarily makes wafer-handling
materials for semiconductor manufacturing. Most of its key customers are in Asia, so
the company is moving that work to its Asian operations.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 St Paul Pioneer Press

Intersil Corporation
Milpitas, CA
Intersil Corp. announced a restructuring that included plans to reduce its workforce
by 9 percent. The Milpitas semiconductor company blamed the cuts on economic
conditions. Intersil said the reduction works out to about 140 job cuts, and would
create annual savings of approximately $12 million and $14 million. It said severance
pay and career transition services would be offered to affected employees.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 San Francisco Business Times

Lawson Software Inc.

St. Paul, MN
Lawson Software Inc. will cut 200 workers, including about 45 in Minnesota, to trim
costs. The St. Paul firm also plans to limit hiring and take other steps to cut costs.
Overall, it expects to reduce its workforce by 8-10 percent buy the end of its 2009
fiscal year.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 Minneapolis/St. Pail Business Journal

Tektronix Inc.
Beaverton, OR
Tektronix Inc. laid off another 150 employees at its Washington County
headquarters, the latest in a series of job cuts that began a year ago when Danaher
Corp. bought Tek for $2.85 billion. The company said it will provide outplacement
services along with severance pay and extended medical benefits for employees who
are losing their jobs. The layoffs are the latest example of the rapid erosion of
Oregon's high-tech employment base, as a series of layoffs reaches across the
spectrum of technology companies.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 The Oregonian

HOTEL AND LEISURE

AmeriStar Casinos Inc.
St Charles, MO
Ameristar Casinos Inc. laid off about 120 people, about 6.5 percent of its workforce
in St. Charles, as part of a national reduction caused by tough economic times. The
layoffs involve mostly frontline workers with some managers. All workers are being
given a severance package. The company employs 2,000 workers in St. Charles. An
additional 50 employees are being given a choice to work part time or to leave with a
severance package.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 St Louis Post-Dispatch

Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa

Las Vegas, NV; Atlantic City, NJ
Borgata laid off 400 employees, reducing the staff about 5 percent. Rob Stillwell, a
spokesman for Boyd Gaming, the co-owner of the Borgata, said the layoffs were the
first in the casino's five-year history. The layoffs affected salaried and non-salaried
employees in all departments.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 Courier-Post

Life Time Fitness Inc.

Chanhassen, MN
Life Time Fitness Inc. will cut 100 jobs at its Chanhassen headquarters, a move
prompted by plans to scale back fitness-center openings in 2009. The layoffs will
largely hit divisions such as real estate, construction and architecture. Life Time
Fitness has about 800 workers at its headquarters.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 51-100 Minneapolis/St. Pail Business Journal
MANUFACTURING
AAI Acquisition Inc.
Denver, CO
AAI Acquisition, formed this year to buy the assets of bankrupt jet maker Adam
Aircraft, laid off most of its 200-plus workforce and has suspended development of
its lightweight plane. Jan D'Angelo, a company spokesman, said the Russian
investors that control AAI decided to scale back because of the global financial
turmoil.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 Rocky Mountain News

Amphenol Corporation
Sidney, NY
Amphenol Corp., which produces electronic and electrical interconnect devices, has
laid off 202 employees. The company applied successfully to the Federal Trade
Adjustment Assistance program to help workers retrain and find other employment.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 The Daily Star

American Steel Cord

Scottsburg, IN
Another automotive manufacturer is walking away from the rural Southern Indiana
town. American Steel Cord, a division of New York City-based Hyosung (America)
Inc., plans to close its Scottsburg tire-cord manufacturing plant on Dec. 31. The work
currently being performed at the local facility will be shifted to manufacturing plants
in China and South Korea. The move will mean the loss of 154 local jobs.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 Business First of Louisville

ArvinMeritor Inc.
Troy, MI
Auto parts supplier ArvinMeritor Inc. will cut 1,250 jobs in an effort to slash its costs
as it faces weak economies and slumping demand both at home and overseas.
ArvinMeritor said the cuts, which include 450 salaried and 800 hourly positions,
represent about 7 percent of its worldwide staff. Most of reductions have already
been completed, while the rest are in process.
Approximate Affected Workforce: over 1000 Associated Press Financial Wire

Boise Cascade LLC

St Helens, OR
Boise Inc. will lay off 300 workers from its St. Helens operation when it halts its pulp
mill and reduces its paper production starting early next year. Alexander Toeldte,
Boise's president, said in a statement that the move "was primarily a function of
declining product demand coupled with continuing high costs, which made it
impossible to meet the company's long-term financial objectives." The employees,
represented by the Association of Western Pulp and Paper Workers Local 1, have
limited rights to jobs at other Boise mills.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 The Oregonian

Brunswick Corporation
Cumberland, MD
Apparently even the recreational fishing industry is sweating the economy's turn for
the worse. Brunswick Corp., which makes products as diverse as fitness equipment
and billiard balls, is moving production of Trophy offshore fishing boats from a
Cumberland, Md., facility to Ashland City, Tenn., and eliminating 115 jobs. The
Cumberland plant is set to close by the end of the year. The company says workers
will receive severance and outplacement assistance.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 The Associated Press

Cirrus Design Corporation

Duluth, MN; Grand Forks, ND
More layoffs are coming for Duluth-based plane manufacturer Cirrus Design Corp.
The company laid off 105 people; 75 at its Duluth plant and 30 at its plant in Grand
Forks, ND. The latest cuts amount to about 9 percent of Cirrus' workforce. Company
president Brent Wouter says the cuts are part of a long-term effort to increase
efficiencies in the face of lowering demand worldwide for Cirrus' aircraft.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 The Associated Press

Herman Miller Inc.

Zeeland, MI
Office furniture maker Herman Miller Inc. says it's eliminating 400-650 hourly and
salaried jobs because of slower ordering trends and reduced global demand. Most of
the affected jobs are in Michigan, where the company has about 4,500 employees.
Between 200 and 400 production workers face losing their jobs. The final number will
depend on order conditions and the number of people who accept buyouts. About
250 jobs will be eliminated in the white-collar ranks.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 The Associated Press

HNI Corporation
Muscatine, IA
HNI Corp. is cutting up to 200 jobs as the sluggish economy continues to affect its
office furniture operations and home fireplace business. Company spokesman Gary
Carlson says the positions are being eliminated as the company continues to make
adjustments. He says the reductions are roughly half salaried and half production
positions.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 The Associated Press

International Game Technology

Reno, NV
International Game Technology began breaking the bad news to some of the
individual workers who will be among the approximately 300 who will face buyouts or
be laid off at the Reno headquarters of the world's largest maker of slot machines
and casino systems. IGT expects to lose about 500 workers from its total of 5,400.
About 3,000 employees currently work at the Reno facility. IGT Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer TJ Matthews said in an e-mail to employees in mid-September that
the amount of layoffs would be determined by how many workers take the voluntary
buyouts offered to staffers 55 year of age or older.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 The Associated Press

JCB Inc.
Pooler, GA
JCB Inc., manufacturer of construction equipment, will lay off 120 employees at its
Pooler plant near Savannah. The layoffs represent about a quarter of its Pooler
workforce. Karen Guinn said the company has no plans to close the Pooler plant. The
company said affected workers have been given severance packages.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 The Associated Press
Mako Marine International Inc.
Forest City, NC
A boat builder that received state incentives to relocate a manufacturing plant to the
mountains is shuttering the facility the day after Christmas, laying off around 125
people. "The boating business throughout North Carolina has made our production
schedule an unattainable objective," Chuck Yarbrough, human resources head for
Mako Marine parent Tracker Marine Group, said in a letter to state officials.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 Triangle Business Journal

Marietta Corporation
Cortland, NY
Marietta Corp., best known for making small bottles of shampoo and other items for
hotels, is laying off 130 workers at its upstate New York headquarters. Plant
manager Matt Dugat says the employees losing their jobs range from senior
management to front line workers. All the employees will receive severance
payments.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 The Associated Press

Mattel Inc.
El Segundo, CA
Toy maker Mattel Inc. is cutting about 1,000 jobs worldwide in response to the
economic downturn. The El Segundo, Calif.-based company, which makes Barbie,
American Girl and Fisher Price products, among others, said the cuts amount to 3
percent of its worldwide workforce.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 501-1000 Tulsa World

Shaw Industries Inc.

Dalton, GA
Shaw Industries will lay off 450-480 people – or about 3 percent in its Northwest
Georgia workforce – in response to a weak residential housing market. The company
employs 5,000-6,000 in Northwest Georgia. Shaw officials did not immediately return
calls seeking comment, but some of the layoffs already have begun.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 Chattanooga Times Free Press

Tenneco Inc.
Lake Forest, IL; Evansville, IN; Milan, OH
Tenneco Inc., citing the worsening industry downturn afflicting its automaker
customers, disclosed restructuring plans that will eliminate about 1,100 jobs and
generate up to $60 million in charges. The new round of cuts, which calls for the
closing of five U.S. production-related facilities and certain other cost-cutting actions,
is expected to reduce annual costs by $64 million once it is completed,. The plants
slated for closing include sites in Milan, Ohio, and Evansville, Ind. About 500 salaried
jobs and 600 hourly positions are being eliminated.
Approximate Affected Workforce: over 1000 Chicago Tribune

NON PROFIT
Focus on the Family
Colorado Springs, CO
Focus on the Family, a Christian advocacy group based in Colorado Springs, is cutting
202 jobs due to the economic slump and sagging donations. The organization is
laying off 149 employees and eliminating 53 vacant positions in the biggest job cuts
since Focus on the Family was established 32 years ago. Twenty percent of the jobs
involved are in management.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 UPI

PHARMACEUTICALS/BIOTECHNOLOGY
Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc.
San Diego, CA
Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced a corporate restructuring that will reduce its
San Diego workforce by approximately 25 percent, or 340 employees, and reduce
anticipated 2009 cash expenditures by more than $80 million. The restructuring and
workforce reduction are part of the company's business plan to be cash flow positive
by the end of 2010.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 PR Newswire

GlaxoSmithKline plc
Philadelphia, PA
British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline plc is restructuring its U.S. operations, starting
with reducing its U.S. sales force by 1,000, following many of its top competitors in
eliminating sales jobs. The world's No. 2 drug maker by revenue also will switch from
having dual U.S. headquarters, in Philadelphia and in Research Triangle Park, N.C., to
operating just the North Carolina headquarters.
Approximate Affected Workforce: over 1000 Associated Press Financial Wire

Wyeth
Rouses Point, NY; Sanford, NC
Wyeth will lay off 118 employees in Rouses Point during the second half of January.
The layoffs will take effect in the latter half of January 2009. The company currently
has 725 employees at Rouses Point. They are also cutting 124 jobs from the Sanford
plant as part of a global initiative to streamline its operations. The company has
about 1,100 workers in North Carolina, many in the Lee County area. The Sanford
plant makes components for a pediatric vaccine called Prevnar. Wyeth's 50,000
workers worldwide were told in January that the company aimed to reduce its
workforce by 6 percent by the end of the year with a long-range goal of a 10 percent
cut by 2010.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 The Associated Press

PRINT AND PUBLISHING

Rodale
Emmaus, PA
Joining the parade of publishing companies that have laid off staff in the face of
disappearing ad pages, Rodale announced it would slash 10 percent of its headcount,
or 111 employees. The company said it would eliminate positions in several divisions,
including operations, information technology, customer service and publishing.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 Mediaweek.com

Transcontinental Inc.
Warminster, PA
Canadian printer Transcontinental Inc. will close one of its direct mail facilities in
Pennsylvania and cut 460 jobs because the financial crisis has damaged marketing
programs. The company said Transcontinental Direct USA Inc., its direct mail
subsidiary in the U.S., will shift production from its Warminster, Penn., facility to its
plant in Hamburg, Penn. The transfer is expected to be complete by January.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 National Post's Financial Post & FP
Investing

Yellow Book USA Inc.

Uniondale, NY
Yellowbook, which publishes print and online telephone directories, has eliminated
220 jobs from its 7,600-member workforce. The cuts were made nationally and
affect "a variety of jobs across the organization, but none of the jobs are in sales,"
said Louise Thach, a spokeswoman for Yellowbook, which is based in Uniondale, N.Y.,
and has its Mid-Atlantic regional office in King of Prussia. Sixty jobs were lost at the
Montgomery County site from Yellowbook and Yell Adworks.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 The Philadelphia Inquirer

RETAIL
Circuit City Stores Inc.
Richmond, VA
As the lights go out at about 20 percent of Circuit City's stores, the company is
hoping that by closing hundreds of stores and cutting thousands of jobs, it can
handle consumers who are reluctant to spend and vendors who are less eager to
give it credit. Circuit City Stores Inc. is closing 155 of its more than 700 U.S. stores
by Dec. 31. The stores are spread throughout 28 states, including multiple locations
in areas like Phoenix and Atlanta. Based on a workforce of nearly 43,000 employees
as of Feb. 29, the layoffs could affect up to 7,300 workers.
Approximate Affected Workforce: over 1000 Ft Wayne Journal Gazette

Longs Drug Stores

Walnut Creek, CA; Antioch, CA
About 800 Longs Drug Stores corporate employees who work in the East Bay will
lose their jobs, starting this year, as a result of the company's purchase by fellow
drug retailer CVS Caremark. The positions affected are in the headquarters and other
offices in Walnut Creek, as well as a secondary corporate office in Antioch. The
affected employees have been notified. All will be eligible for a transition package to
cover financial and health benefits, outplacement support and counseling.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 501-1000 Contra Costa Times

Mervyns LLC
Hayward, CA; Bakersfield, CA; Ridgecrest, CA
Kern County layoffs from the bankrupt Mervyns department store chain will total
286, state employment filings show. Two stores in Bakersfield and one in Ridgecrest
are among the regional retailer's 149 remaining sites winding down operations.
Layoffs are slated to take effect around Dec. 23. Each Bakersfield store is laying off
100 people. In Ridgecrest, 86 employees will be affected. The majority are customer
service employees.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 The Bakersfield Californian

OfficeMax Inc.
Naperville, IL
OfficeMax Inc. is eliminating 245 jobs from its corporate staff and field management
team, a move the Naperville office-supply company called part of a "proactive cost
reduction initiative." The retailer expects the cuts to generate severance costs of
about $8.5 million and will reduce annual costs by about $20 million.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 Chicago Tribune
QVC Inc.
West Chester, PA
Television retailer QVC began a series of layoffs that will result in the elimination of
about 900 jobs – most of them in West Chester – over the next 14 months. About
110 were at the company's corporate headquarters and studio in West Chester and
its operations center about two miles away.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 The Philadelphia Inquirer

SHIPPING
ABX Air Inc.
Wilmington, OH
ABX Air will lay off 158 employees by mid-January. In a filing with the Ohio
Department of Job and Family Services, ABX said the layoffs will include hourly and
salaried personnel. Among those losing their jobs will be 33 pilots, two of them with
the rank of captain. The layoffs began Nov. 14 and will continue through Jan. 14.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 Traffic World

Allied Automotive Group

Janesville, WI
A company that trucks new sport utility vehicles out of Janesville has fallen in line
with General Motors and other local suppliers and will lay off employees in December.
Allied Automotive Group, a division of the Atlanta-based Allied Systems,
notified the state it will lay off 117 employees Dec. 23, the date GM and three other
local suppliers have said they will lay off a total of 1,903 workers when SUV
production at the Janesville GM plant ends.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 The Janesville Gazette

DHL Express
Breinigsville, PA; Wilmington, OH
Deutsche Post AG's DHL Express overnight-delivery unit announced it would abandon
U.S. overnight delivery, laying off 9,500 workers and closing most of its outlets. DHL
Express's remaining U.S. business will focus on international deliveries, and will have
4,000 employees and 103 outlets.
Approximate Affected Workforce: over 1000 Morning Call

TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Qwest Communications International Inc.
Denver, CO
Qwest will lay off 1,200 workers by the end of the year, on the heels of reporting a
93 percent drop in third-quarter net income. The Denver-based telecom provider said
the job cuts will be spread among employees across the nation and throughout all
job functions, from management to field technicians. Qwest would not disclose how
many of the layoffs will occur in Colorado. The 1,200 layoffs represent about 3
percent of the company's national workforce of 34,656. Colorado is home to 8,800
Qwest employees.
Approximate Affected Workforce: over 1000 The Denver Post

Tellabs
Dallas, TX
Tellabs, a provider of telecommunications equipment for service providers, plans to
cut 141 job cuts at the company's location in Dallas. In a letter filed with the Texas
Workforce Commission, Dallas-based Tellabs says it's restructuring the company with
the intent of realigning its financial plan with consumer needs and demands. The
jobs impacted include engineers, buyers, management-level professionals, project
managers and technical support positions. Tellabs told TWC the official layoffs will
begin Dec. 22. About 136 employees will be laid off within the 14-day period
beginning Dec. 22. Remaining employees will be terminated within the three-month
period stretching to March 31.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 Dallas Business Journal

TRAVEL/TOURISM
Avis Budget Group Inc.
Parsippany, NJ
Avis Budget Group, the Parsippany-based car rental company, said it has eliminated
700 jobs in a restructuring spurred by a slowing economy and a slump in travel that
forced it to post more than a $1 billion loss in the third quarter.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 501-1000 The Times of Trenton

Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc.

Tulsa, OK
Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc., the Tulsa-based rental car company has hit
several financial potholes in recent weeks and is laying off 400 employees, or 6
percent of its workforce. The job cuts are effective immediately. The layoffs, which
company officials said were necessary to cope with a slowing economy and
unfavorable credit markets, include 107 Tulsa-based employees, or 12.6 percent of
the corporate staff.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 Tulsa World

Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company

St. Louis, MO; Clayton, MO; Weldon Spring, MO
Tough economic times forced St. Louis-based Enterprise Rent-a-Car to lay off about
200 local employees, setting off what will be the auto-rental company's biggest job
reduction in its 51-year history. Within the next few weeks, the company plans to
reduce its workforce outside the area by about 700 workers through layoffs and
attrition. Locally, most of Enterprise's laid-off workers were in information technology
operations at Enterprise's Clayton and Weldon Spring locations. The rest held
administrative positions.
Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch