The brown one Posted October 1, 2004 Report Share Posted October 1, 2004 Book by William Rivers Pitt&Scott Ritter.Noticed one of the reviews.This guy is good! War on Iraq: What Team Bush Doesn't Want You to Know by William Rivers Pitt, Scott Ritter http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...=glance&s=books Reviewer. "A very thorough book. Recommended reading, especially for those who still do not see that America is heading towards fascism. Reply to the post by 'CWB'. I searched the web and the text you claim is from Scott Ritter can only be found on a right-wing website. Very likely this is misinformation. To all readers of this site a reminder: always use your basic critical thinking skills when assessing information: Who is the author? Am I certain of this? Is it a trustworthy source? What is he _not_ telling me? What other information could be relevant? What could be his motivation for wanting me to believe something? Are the arguments sound? For example: Is he not using a part to prove or disprove a whole? Is he not using a 'switch' technique? "Fluoridation is bad / because Fluor is a highly corrosive gas" (Fluoride/Fluor). "The world is now a safer place / because we invaded Iraq and removed Saddam Houssein". Think for yourself! All you can do to defend yourself against terrorism is to help to make the world a better place. If the 200 billion dollars were spent to make lives better for people, we would have 200.000 fewer terrorists. Sadly, this is not in the interest of the military-industrial complex in the USA. All things of value are defenseless. Erasmus" Maybe more a statement than a review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machinehead Posted October 1, 2004 Report Share Posted October 1, 2004 It turns out that some of these [balkan] countries, eager for an incoming flow of Dollars and always happy to stick it to the U.S. and American companies, deliberately look the other way and don't provide much help to the FBI. Why do they hate us? Are they still pissed about President Clinton bombing Kosovo and killing scores of innocent people? How small-minded of them ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonmug Posted October 1, 2004 Report Share Posted October 1, 2004 Seeking solace in diversion, I'm now watching last night's debate courtesy of Cspan. ... But he's not a leader. He's not a president. He's not presidential. He's a puppet, and a pisspoor forked-tongued twerp of a puppet at that. You're weird, Sir ... Rather, I need solace after such events, which to seek something tough to bite, like a cheap steak- its nutricious & will give you strength! QED, but will anyone not wearing special Stoolie glasses see that? Or will they just be distracted come Nov- was expecting a purple w/ magenta pplka-dot terra warning today... disappointing... Macedonia, Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands, ...Uganda Resolute!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian4 Posted October 1, 2004 Report Share Posted October 1, 2004 I've read a number of lame excuses today that have been put forward by the RNC for the Idiot Princes meltdown last night. The lamest of all quoted a White House insider who said the Prince was just plain tired after a harrowing day inspecting Hurricane damage in Florida and the long flight back..ya right..don't eat that Elmer thats a road apple..he was plain afraid last nite going in and his worst fears were realized you see he knows he is a fraud and now more people do too. Tuesday should be great theatre as the real Pres Darth Vader goes at it with the trial Lawyer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machinehead Posted October 1, 2004 Report Share Posted October 1, 2004 As of this evening, the S&P 500 has a dividend yield of a princely ... 1.65%. That's about 40% of the 4% average that prevailed in the 20th century ... and tells you that it's about 2.5 times overvalued. Call up a quote on the Nasdaq or the NDX (Naz 100), and all you'll get for dividend yield or P/E ratio is "N/A." Do you know why that is? The Nasdaq -- unlike Dow Jones or S&P -- refuses to compile this information. So many of their listings are losing money, that the real dope on yield and P/E ratio would show that their garbage listings are not investment quality. So they just hide the damning facts under a steaming pile of dung and smoke. The Nasdaq is the second-largest consumer fraud on the planet (after Social Insecurity). I am entirely serious when I advocate that the Nasdaq be closed down and its doors padlocked. A "stock exchange" which refuses to publish dividend yields and P/E ratios for its overhyped second-rate listings is a social menace and a piece of sh*t. Death to the Naz! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 1, 2004 Report Share Posted October 1, 2004 http://tradesports.com/jsp/intrade/common/...z=1096668623869 Currency USD Bush to win election Session lo/hi 61.6 - 66.4; Life lo/hi 49.0 - 75.0; Previous Close 64.5; Open Price 64.0; Last Price 64.0; Today's Volume 8219; Total Volume 572284 Kerry to win election Currency USD: Session lo/hi 34.1 - 36.4; Life lo/hi 28.3 - 50.5; Previous Close 35.5; Open Price 36.3; Last Price 36.2; Today's Volume 1401; Total Volume 20980 GW opened at 64, went as low as 61.1 today, but has bounced back as high as 66.4. Currently trading at 64. Kerry opened at 36.3, actually traded down to 34.1, and his highest trade today was 36.4 today. Currently trading at 36.2. There's certainly no sign today of a problem for GW insofar as the free market is concerned. It looks to me like the market consensus is that the debate was a draw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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brian4 Posted October 1, 2004 Report Share Posted October 1, 2004 LINK How Presidential I am sure Chirac and France will be pleased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DrStool Posted October 1, 2004 Report Share Posted October 1, 2004 I've read a number of lame excuses today that have been put forward by the RNC for the Idiot Princes meltdown last night. The lamest of all quoted a White House insider who said the Prince was just plain tired after a harrowing day inspecting Hurricane damage in Florida and the long flight back..ya right..don't eat that Elmer thats a road apple..he was plain afraid last nite going in and his worst fears were realized you see he knows he is a fraud and now more people do too. Tuesday should be great theatre as the real Pres Darth Vader goes at it with the trial Lawyer. I'm afraid the majority of the American people do not see it the way you do Brian. They will still vote their prejudices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrStool Posted October 1, 2004 Report Share Posted October 1, 2004 machinehead- I was so inspired by your above post that I hope you don't mind if I put it on the Stool home page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 1, 2004 Report Share Posted October 1, 2004 Layoffs for week ending 9/30/2004. Rough total 10,788 new layoffs. AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE Bath Iron Works Corporation Bath, ME Bath Iron Works has laid off 67 production workers. The layoffs are effective Oct. 1. The workers who have been laid off are preservation technicians. Those jobs include grinders, blasters, painters and pipefitters. Approximate Affected Workforce: 51-100 Source: Portland Press Herald - September 28, 2004 AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE Honeywell International Inc. Morristown, NJ Richmond, VA More job cuts are likely on the way at a local Honeywell International Inc. plant. The company said yesterday it has proposed cutting 300 jobs. The plant employs 660 people and manufactures nylon fibers used in residential carpets and resins used in the plastics industry. The company wants to shut down the factory's fiber conversion and spinning operations, which use older machinery and are less efficient than the same operations at other Honeywell plants. Honeywell, a New Jersey-based industrial conglomerate, said earlier this year it had the equivalent of 1,903 full-time employees in the Richmond area. In addition to nylon, the company makes the specialty fiber Spectra, which is used in bullet-resistant vests, at a technical center in Chesterfield County, and it owns a large plant in Hopewell that makes caprolactam, a basic ingredient in nylon production. Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 Source: Richmond Times Dispatch - September 30, 2004 AUTOMOTIVE General Motors Corporation Detroit, MI Martinsburg, WV General Motors Corp. will eliminate about half the work force at its Martinsburg plant over the next few years, the company said Wednesday. Between 50 and 100 jobs will be moved out of the plant within the next six months as the company shifts packaging responsibilities to three processing plants in Michigan. GM's Martinsburg complex employs about 440 workers. Detroit-based GM previously trimmed more than 200 jobs from the Martinsburg plant's work force when it opened a $26 million, 380,000-square-foot parts distribution center in 2001. That investment had allayed earlier fears that GM might leave the state entirely. Approximate Affected Workforce: 51-100 Source: The Associated Press - September 30, 2004 BUSINESS SERVICES Capital OTB Fort Plain, NY In a cost-cutting measure that reflects the tough times Capital OTB is experiencing, some 32 workers were laid off and the positions eliminated. Many of the eliminated workers were seasonal part-timers, hired for the Saratoga Race Course season, who worked in the 45 betting parlors in 17 municipalities under the jurisdiction of Capital OTB. Twelve of the jobs were administrative, while 20 were teller or cashier jobs. Approximate Affected Workforce: 1-50 Source: The Times Union - September 25, 2004 BUSINESS SERVICES Cendant Corporation New York, NY Denver, CO Cendant Corp. said it plans to move its CheapTickets.com division from suburban Denver to Chicago as part of the travel-industry giant's planned $1.25 billion purchase of Chicago-based Orbitz Inc. The shift would result in job relocations and cuts among the approximately 300 employees of CheapTickets.com and related retail businesses in the Denver area. Cendant, a hotel franchisor and real estate service company, said its deal with Orbitz will expand its Internet presence in the growing online travel booking market. Orbitz is No. 3 in revenue behind competitor Web sites Expedia Inc. and Travelocity, and it has grown rapidly. The deal is expected to be completed in November. If so, the consolidation of CheapTickets.com and Orbitz staffing would occur over six to 12 months. Cendant, which owns the Days Inn, Avis and Budget brands, also operates Galileo, an airline and hotel reservation service used by travel agents that has a big office at the Tech Center. CheapTickets also has a call center in Aurora that employs roughly 200 people. Approximate Affected Workforce: N/A Source: The Associated Press - September 30, 2004 BUSINESS SERVICES Drisko Lobster Lincolnville, ME A Lincolnville lobster dealer who used Canadian-built boats to transport lobster along the Maine coast has gone out of business after federal officials said he was violating the law. Colby Drisko, owner of Drisko Lobster, said he has laid off his 15 workers and plans to sell one of his boats and find a new line of work following the ruling by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Service. Drisko ran two boats, the 40-foot Sarah Belle and the 44-foot Lobstar, to haul bait to Vinalhaven, North Haven, Islesboro, Isle au Haut and Matinicus and return with loads of lobster, some 1.3 million pounds last year. The customs service in July told Drisko that because the boats were built in Canada, he was in violation of the Jones Act, a federal law that, among other things, restricts the use of foreign-built boats for hauling cargo. Drisko said he believed he was within the law because of an amendment adopted in the early 1930s that exempts foreign-built boats used by U.S. citizens in the fisheries industry. Approximate Affected Workforce: 1-50 Source: The Associated Press - September 30, 2004 BUSINESS SERVICES Pegasus Satellite Television Bala Cunwyp, PA Lenexa, KS Pegasus Satellite Television, once a major seller of DirecTV services, will shed about 300 Kansas City area jobs in coming weeks. Officials from Pegasus, based in Bala Cynwyd, Pa., did not comment on the situation other than to confirm that around 300 employees would be affected. Pegasus said it would shed 304 jobs from a facility in Lenexa. The closing is probably related to DirecTV Inc.'s recent acquisition of Pegasus Satellite Communications, a subsidiary of Pegasus Communications Inc. The Pegasus subsidiary filed for bankruptcy protection at the beginning of June. DirecTV, said the company would not need the Pegasus call center in Lenexa because DirecTV has its own call center organization that supports its customer base. Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 Source: The Kansas City Star - September 25, 2004 CHEMICALS Gitto Global Corporation Lunenburg, MA Compounder Gitto Global Corp. of Lunenburg laid off an unknown number of employees on Sept. 17. Company officials could not be reached to confirm details of the layoff or reasons behind it. Gitto Global makes proprietary compounds based on PVC, polyethylene, polypropylene, thermoplastic olefins and other specialty resins. Approximate Affected Workforce: N/A Source: Plastics News - September 27, 2004 EDUCATION Iowa State University Ames, IA The Provost Office has gone through a number of changes this semester, including eliminating positions and combining programs. One secretarial position and two administrative positions have been eliminated because of the reorganization. Approximate Affected Workforce: 1-50 Source: University Wire - September 27, 2004 ENERGY AND UTILITIES NRG Energy, Inc. Minneapolis, MN Milford, CT About 20 workers at NRG Energy Inc.'s Devon Plant will lose their jobs when the company shuts down a power unit. that NRG is operating the plant at a loss and it would keep losing money if it kept unit 7 online. The deactivation will be an ongoing process, taking a few weeks. Approximate Affected Workforce: 1-50 Source: Connecticut Post - September 28, 2004 ENERGY AND UTILITIES We Energies Milwaukee, WI We Energies has unveiled plans for cutting 120 jobs, or 7 percent of its nonunion work force, through a buyout offer as a way of trimming costs while it seeks to raise rates to pay for new power plants. A voluntary severance package will be offered to 205 workers in hope of having 120 accept it, the Milwaukee-based utility said Tuesday. The jobs would be cut as of mid November. The company has cut 159 jobs this year, mostly by attrition. White said We Energies wants to keep its operating costs for 2005 at the 2004 level and below 2003. Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 Source: The Associated Press - September 28, 2004 ENTERTAINMENT AND ARTS Bayside Expo & Executive Conference Center Boston, MA Half of the sales staff at the Bayside Expo & Executive Conference Center, a private meeting hall on the Dorchester waterfront, got pink slips last week, leaving the center with just two employees in charge of generating business. The layoffs came last Friday, a little more than six months after the opening of the new Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, which has already lured away at least one of the Bayside's longtime clients. Bayside is trying to make itself leaner and better able to compete for long-term bookings of the annual consumer shows it is known for hosting. Approximate Affected Workforce: 1-50 Source: The Boston Globe - September 24, 2004 ENTERTAINMENT AND ARTS Mighty Ducks Anaheim, CA The Mighty Ducks laid off seven employees Friday, joining the growing number of NHL teams that have shed staff because of the lockout. The Ducks cut personnel in communications, sales, marketing and community relations. The team let six employees go last spring and Duck officials said Friday they did not anticipate any more layoffs. Approximate Affected Workforce: 1-50 Source: Los Angeles Times - September 25, 2004 FINANCIAL SERVICES Capital One Financial Group McLean, VA Irving, TX Capital One Financial Corp. plans to cut 220 jobs at its call center in Irving, Tex., and move most of the work to its Richmond, Va., facility. In a press release issued after the market closed Thursday, the credit card issuer said it would close the Irving site by the middle of next year. Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 Source: The American Banker - October 1, 2004 FINANCIAL SERVICES Charles Schawb Corporation San Francisco, CA Charles Schwab is cutting jobs at its STech technology division as part of a reorganization announced earlier this year. The discount broker has embarked on a plan to reduce annual expenses by $175 million to $225 million. While the first part of that plan involved 500 layoffs, the firm has said that it intends to reduce staff by a further 400 to 600 by the end of the year. The STech reductions are part of the 400 to 600 job cuts. Approximate Affected Workforce: 501-1000 Source: CBS MarketWatch - September 27, 2004 FINANCIAL SERVICES First Data Corporation Greenwood Village, CO Omaha, NE First Data Corp., a provider of e-commerce and payment services, eliminated 110 jobs in Omaha Wednesday. The jobs of 20 other employees in eight other U.S. cities were also eliminated. The company said the cuts affected all areas and levels of employees. About 300 systems and programming workers - mostly in Omaha - would also be moved to other jobs. The job shifts have been on going and will continue. Though First Data did not give a reason for the cuts, it said it is always evaluating its workload and making adjustments to operations. The Greenwood Village, Colo.-based company employs more than 6,300 people in Omaha. Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 Source: The Associated Press - September 29, 2004 FINANCIAL SERVICES J. P. Morgan Chase & Co. New York, NY Hicksville, NY J.P. Morgan Chase is eliminating 400 jobs at its Hicksville location, according to a published report. The jobs will be cut in June 2005. Also, according to a Newsday report, Chase could be considering a sale of the building, which is situated next to the Hicksville Long Island Rail Road station. There are only 50 Chase employees left at the building, which used to house 1,500. Many of the lost positions are being relocated to Delaware. Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 Source: Long Island Business News - September 24, 2004 FOOD AND BEVERAGES Luigino's Inc. Duluth, MN Duluth's employment in the food-processing industry will take a hit in coming weeks with the layoff of about 100 people from the Luigino's food-processing plant. Luigino's corporate officials Thursday that the company was adding automated production lines to its Lincoln Park/West End plant and moving production lines in Duluth to Jackson, Ohio. Hand-held meals and snacks, such as the hot subs and microwave pizza lines, are proving to be one of my fastest-growing companies, but the company is running short of production capacity. Approximate Affected Workforce: 51-100 Source: Duluth News-Tribune - September 25, 2004 FOOD AND BEVERAGES PepsiCo Inc. Purchase, NY Allen Park, MI Council Bluffs, IA Beaverton, OR Visalia, CA PepsiCo Inc. said Thursday that fiscal third-quarter earnings increased 35 percent and that it plans to close four Frito-Lay plants in the U.S., shedding 780 jobs. Frito-Lay will close plants in Allen Park, Mich.; Council Bluffs, Iowa; Beaverton, Ore.; and Visalia, Calif., by the end of the year, resulting in fourth-quarter expenses of $160 million. Frito-Lay's workforce will drop to about 45,000 people nationally. Approximate Affected Workforce: 501-1000 Source: Chicago Tribune - October 1, 2004 GOVERNMENT Guthrie City Council Guthrie, OK With city leaders looking to streamline government and cut costs, the police chief's position, several patrol positions and other city jobs are being eliminated. The reduced police force means officers must focus largely on policing the streets. Approximate Affected Workforce: 1-50 Source: The Daily Oklahoman - September 23, 2004 GOVERNMENT Hampton Roads Transit Hampton, VA Hampton Roads Transit may make cutbacks if the region's seven cities don't bail it out. Hampton Roads Transit has laid off 17 workers and delayed $18 million in bus purchases in an effort to hold off a financial crisis, but the region's bus system is still nearing a financial bottom. Hampton Roads Transit was born five years ago out of the merger of the Peninsula and South Hampton Roads bus systems. A 17-member board, the Transportation District Commission of Hampton Roads governs the agency and its $52 million budget. Approximate Affected Workforce: 1-50 Source: Daily Press - September 26, 2004 GOVERNMENT Iowa Department of Corrections Des Moines, IA The Iowa Department of Corrections will lay off only 20 employees this year, far fewer than initially feared, officials said Friday. Initially, officials feared more than 100 layoffs would be needed to cover a budget shortfall, but said last month the figure would be 32. At the Iowa Board of Corrections monthly meeting on Friday, officials said only 20 employees would lose their jobs. Approximate Affected Workforce: 1-50 Source: The Associated Press - September 24, 2004 GOVERNMENT Mississippi State Penitentiary Jackson, MS Parchman, MS Twenty-six more workers have lost jobs at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman. The layoffs are part of the Mississippi Department of Corrections reorganization plan. It was the third layoff at the prison since June and now 150 workers have lost jobs. Approximate Affected Workforce: 1-50 Source: The Associated Press - September 30, 2004 GOVERNMENT Royal Botanical Gardens Hamilton, ON Despite a previous assurance that there would be no seasonal staff layoffs and an infusion of $1.87 million in short-term provincial funding, 21 Royal Botanical Gardens (RBG) groundskeepers have abruptly been given layoff notices The layoffs, effective October 7, leave the RBG with only 18 staff positions at a time of the year when there would normally be a full complement of staff to prepare the gardens for the winter season. Approximate Affected Workforce: 1-50 Source: Canada NewsWire - September 30, 2004 HEALTHCARE Heywood Hospital Worcester, MA After its fourth year of financial losses in five years, Heywood Hospital is laying off 23 employees. Hospital President and CEO Daniel P. Moen said the hospital will show an operating loss of $1 million for the fiscal year that will end Thursday. He attributed the loss to factors out of the institution's control, such as the rising cost of medicine, equipment and energy. Another problem affecting hospital finances is the rising number of patients for whom no payment can be collected, such as uninsured patients. Approximate Affected Workforce: 1-50 Source: TELEGRAM & GAZETTE - September 24, 2004 HEALTHCARE Northeast Mental Health Centre Sudbury, ON The cash-strapped Northeast Mental Health Centre will layoff four clinical workers Friday and reduce two full-time clerical positions to part-time. Earlier this year NEMHC announced a $2.3-million deficit. Although funding has since flowed in, it wasn't enough to save the jobs. Approximate Affected Workforce: 1-50 Source: The Canadian Press - September 27, 2004 HEALTHCARE UMass Memorial Health Alliance Leominster, MA Fitchburg, MA The financial crunch at UMass MemorialHealthAlliance has hit the payroll, with the nonprofit announcing yesterday that 14 employees will be laid off. The job losses follow the layoffs of eight employees earlier in the company's fiscal year, which ends tomorrow. The layoffs affect primarily the hospital campuses in Leominster and Fitchburg, although a few positions involve the HealthAlliance system of visiting nurses, nursing homes and medical equipment services. There are 1,300 full-time and part-time employees at the two campuses. HealthAlliance suffered its third and biggest operating loss over the past fiscal year. There is a projected 2.5 percent loss this year. Officials explaining operating losses at HealthAlliance have pointed to an increase in patients who cannot pay their bills; declining inpatient and outpatient volume; and expenses that are outpacing revenues. Other declines may be the result of gaps in certain specialties, such as obstetrics/gynecology and urology, and the hospital is recruiting new doctors to quickly close these gaps. Approximate Affected Workforce: 1-50 Source: TELEGRAM & GAZETTE - September 29, 2004 HIGH TECHNOLOGY Computer Associates International Inc. Islandia, NY Computer Associates International Inc. announced a restructuring plan Wednesday that would reduce its work force by 800 people worldwide, saving the business software maker $70 million annually once the plan is fully implemented. The announcement of the 5 percent cut in its work force comes in the wake of the Islandia, N.Y.-based company's recent agreement to pay $225 million to shareholders in a settlement letting it defer criminal prosecution in relation to an accounting probe conducted by the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission. Approximate Affected Workforce: 501-1000 Source: The Associated Press - September 29, 2004 HIGH TECHNOLOGY CP Internet Duluth, MN CP Internet laid off eight employees Thursday after losing a large dial-up Internet customer this past summer, according to the company's owner. The homegrown Duluth technology company's payroll was reduced in all departments except sales. The company is changing its emphasis from Internet dial-up service to telephone and broadband service, areas of the business that are growing monthly. The company will employ 51 full-time equivalents after the layoffs. Approximate Affected Workforce: 1-50 Source: Duluth News-Tribune - October 1, 2004 HIGH TECHNOLOGY Hitachi LTD Tokyo, Japan Greenville, SC In its second layoff in less than a year, Hitachi Electronic Devices says it plans to cut 100 workers here. Market forces have battered all the color picture tube, PRT (projection ray tube), and television makers as the consumer electronics business consolidates and continues to face hypercompetition and price erosion. Hitachi makes projection ray tubes for big-screen televisions at its Greenville plant. In December, the company said it would cut 220 workers at its Greenville plant and at a Norcross, Ga., sales office. The most recent cuts will leave Hitachi with 400 workers at its plant here that once employed 1,350. Hitachi Ltd., which began operating in Greenville in 1990, is based in Tokyo and has about 326,000 employees. Approximate Affected Workforce: 51-100 Source: The Associated Press - September 28, 2004 HIGH TECHNOLOGY Iomega Corporation San Diego, CA Roy UT Iomega Corp. will lay off 100 employees at its Roy plant as part of a restructuring plan that company officials hope will return the foundering technology firm to profitability. The San Diego-based data storage maker announced last week that it would lay off 145 employees- 25 percent of its work force and take a charge of up to $7 million as it winds down its DCT technology development program. The effect of the restructuring was not known at the time of the announcement, but Iomega said since then that 100 jobs will be cut at Roy, leaving about 230 workers at the plant. Iomega was founded in Utah and at one time had more than 600 jobs in Weber County. The company moved its headquarters to San Diego three years ago. It cut 125 workers in Roy in August 2003. Iomega's sales have declined sharply due to the declining popularity of its flagship Zip drive. Zip sales have plunged from $204 million in the first quarter of 2001 to $32.3 million in the second quarter of 2004. Approximate Affected Workforce: 51-100 Source: The Associated Press - September 26, 2004 HIGH TECHNOLOGY Lawson Software St. Paul, MN St. Paul-based Lawson Software, hurt by a sharp reduction in sales of its business management and financial software, said Tuesday that it will eliminate 100 jobs by the end of November, with about half of them coming from its downtown headquarters. The layoffs represent a 6 percent reduction in Lawson's work force and will leave the company with 1,509 employees worldwide, down from its peak of 2,100 in May 2002, and with 800 employees at its Lawson Commons headquarters. Approximate Affected Workforce: 51-100 Source: Saint Paul Pioneer Press - October 1, 2004 HIGH TECHNOLOGY Manugistics Group Inc. Rockville, MD News of falling earnings, layoffs and management changes have pushed shares of Manugistics Group Inc. to their lowest prices in company history. The Rockville company said last week that its losses grew to $17.1 million (21 cents per share) during the second quarter from $8 million (11 cents per share) a year earlier. Revenue fell 14 percent from $59.7 million to $51.3 million. The company, which makes software to help companies manage their supply chains, said it will lay off approximately 90 workers. Approximate Affected Workforce: 51-100 Source: The Washington Times - September 28, 2004 LUMBER U-P-M Kymmene Corporation Helsinki, Finland Miramichi, NB U-P-M Kymmene is closing its aging kraft mill in Miramichi, effective January 31st. The president of the company's magazine paper division says the closure is part of a major restructuring in order to secure the Miramichi facility's long-term viability. He says the kraft mill has outlived its technological life-span and would require a large investment to continue operating within New Brunswick's environmental standards. Ovaska says the restructuring is a step toward making U-P-M Miramichi magazine paper mill competitive in the global marketplace. U-P-M Miramichi's annual paper production capacity is 450-thousand tonnes of lightweight coated papers. UPM, one of the world's leading forest products companies, employs 35,000 in 16 countries worldwide. Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 Source: Broadcast News - September 29, 2004 MANUFACTURING Continental AG Hanover, Germany Mayfield, KY Continental, the tire maker, said that it would close a Mayfield, Ky., plant by the end of the year, eliminating 985 jobs, after failing to win sufficient union cost cuts. Continental would keep some mixing work and warehousing operations at the site. The company said that it decided to go ahead with the closing after reviewing a Sept. 17 proposal from the United Steelworkers of America. Continental, based in Hanover, Germany, has been cutting costs by moving production of tires and car parts to countries where wages are lower. Approximate Affected Workforce: 501-1000 Source: The New York Times - September 30, 2004 MANUFACTURING Delphi Corporation Troy, MI Vandalia, OH Delphi Corp. will lay off 120 workers at its Safety and Interior Systems plant starting Monday. The plant employs 416, down from 690 hourly workers and 72 salaried workers two years ago. In the past seven years, Delphi's area work force has dropped to 8,700 from 15,000. Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 Source: The Associated Press - September 30, 2004 MANUFACTURING Electrolux Home Care Products North America Bloomington, IL About 45 local workers lost their jobs Thursday at what had been The Eureka Co.'s Bloomington headquarters and field sales group. Electrolux Home Care Products North America announced in July the jobs would be eliminated under a restructuring. Company officials said about half of its 1,730 American positions would be cut. Electrolux has owned what was The Eureka Co. since 1974. The cuts, which completed the restructuring announced in the summer, included 45 workers based in Bloomington-Normal. Approximate Affected Workforce: 1-50 Source: The Pantagraph - September 24, 2004 MANUFACTURING Russ Berrie & Company, Inc. Oakland, NJ Russ Berrie said late Tuesday it has cut 75 positions and will take a third-quarter, pretax charge of about $4.1 million as part of a restructuring effort. The company, which designs and distributes gift products such as plush animals, said the restructuring will save about $7.5 million a year. Approximate Affected Workforce: 51-100 Source: CBS MarketWatch - September 28, 2004 MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS Belo Corporation Dallas, TX The parent of The Dallas Morning News for the first time yesterday detailed the origins of its circulation scandal, blaming a runaway program of newsstand sales and cash bonuses to employees and contractors. The company also announced plans to cut 250 jobs, though executives insisted the two actions weren't linked. Belo Corp., in announcing the results of a nine-week investigation by a law firm it hired, said the circulation misstatements were largely fostered by the rewards given to circulation employees and independent contractors for hitting sales goals. The deception centered on copies delivered to newsstands, stores, delis and other single-copy outlets dating back to 1999. The incentives, along with deep discounts from The Morning News' wholesale price, allowed contractors to carry ever more copies, which largely were not sold. This was exacerbated by the paper's faulty system for tracking unsold copies returned by newsstands. Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 Source: Newsday - September 30, 2004 MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS Stuff Magazine New York, NY Stuff magazine will lay off six employees from the editorial, art and photo departments. Approximate Affected Workforce: 1-50 Source: The New York Post - September 24, 2004 MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS WBIG-FM Washington, DC Washington oldies station WBIG-FM, 100.3, laid off half its on-air staff Tuesday, as the station struggles with a shrinking audience and a format that is less appealing to the younger listeners advertisers crave. The five staffers joined WBIG in 1993 when the station dropped its jazz playlist in favor of the oldies format that was gaining popularity on radio stations across the country. WBIG placed 13th out of nearly 30 Washington radio stations in the most recent Arbitron ratings measuring total audience. The winter numbers weren't much better: The station tied for 12th place, down considerably from the previous winter. Approximate Affected Workforce: 1-50 Source: The Washington Post - September 30, 2004 NON PROFIT Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse Pittsburgh, PA The Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse has cut five employees from its 17-member staff and is undergoing a restructuring that is expected to soon add new employees with entrepreneurial and management skills. Approximate Affected Workforce: 1-50 Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - October 1, 2004 PHARMACEUTICALS/BIOTECHNOLOGY Cardinal Health Inc. Dublin, OH Cardinal Health Inc. plans to cut jobs as part of a restructuring plan at a cost of about $19 million in the first and second quarters of 2005. The news came the day after the provider of health care services and supplies said it was again delaying the filing of its annual financial report with the government, saying it needs to complete an internal investigation of its accounting practices. The jobs will be cut in the company's pharmaceutical technologies and services segment. Cardinal is Ohio's largest company with annual sales of more than $50 billion. Approximate Affected Workforce: N/A Source: The Associated Press - September 28, 2004 PHARMACEUTICALS/BIOTECHNOLOGY GlaxoSmithKline PLC London, UK Bristol, TN GlaxoSmithKline will lay off 65 workers at its Bristol pharmaceutical plant by March. The company gave a verbal notice to the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development on Sept. 20. Layoffs will begin in December. GlaxoSmithKline is headquartered in the United Kingdom and is a world leader in pharmaceutical research with more than 100,000 employees worldwide. The Bristol plant employs about 320 people. Approximate Affected Workforce: 51-100 Source: The Associated Press - September 29, 2004 RETAIL Koch Entertainment Distribution LLC Post Washington, NY Koch Entertainment Distribution, the largest independent record distributor in the country, laid off its entire field marketing staff late last week, eliminating 20 jobs. Koch had restructured its sales department in late July, lopping four staffers and assigning their retail accounts to other salespeople. Approximate Affected Workforce: 1-50 Source: hollywoodreporter.com - September 22, 2004 RETAIL Schuman Carriage Honolulu, HI Hawaii's oldest car dealership is closing its doors. Schuman Carriage announced Tuesday that it will close as early as Nov. 27 and lay off all 117 employees. The 111-year-old family-owned company sells Cadillacs, Hummers, Buicks, GMC, Oldsmobiles and Subarus. The company said in a statement that it has agreed to terminate its 70-year relationship with General Motors and permanently close the Honolulu dealerships. Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 Source: The Associated Press - September 29, 2004 TELECOMMUNICATIONS MCI, Inc. Ashburn, VA Newport News, VA Beleaguered telecommunications giant MCI has announced that it plans to close its Newport News call center the day after Thanksgiving, laying off about 500 workers. Company officials said the closure was part of a continuing cost-reduction plan announced earlier this year. Do Not Call legislation is partly to blame. The Ashburn-based company announced in January it expected to reduce costs by 15 to 20 percent, and it emerged from bankruptcy protection in April. MCI did not announce any other layoffs Friday. Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 Source: Daily Press - September 25, 2004 TELECOMMUNICATIONS Motorola, Inc. Schaumburg, IL Electronics company Motorola said today it still has a future in Adelaide despite axing 120 jobs in the city as part of global plans to cut 1,000 positions. But Motorola today said Adelaide would become a centre for public safety and security software, and it also planned to bolster its chip design at the Freescale Semiconductor - a software company launched earlier this year. Motorola Australia said the company still had a strong future in Adelaide. Approximate Affected Workforce: 101-500 Source: AAP NEWSFEED - September 29, 2004 TELECOMMUNICATIONS Nortel Networks Corporation Brampton, ON Canadian telecoms equipment maker Nortel Networks said it's planning to cut 3,250 jobs as part of its cost-cutting in R&D and administrative operations. The bulk of the cuts, 1,400 jobs, are based in the U.S. Nortel estimates charges of $450 million, with around $220 million related to the job cuts and $230 million related to real estate actions. The group sees cost savings of $500 million next year related to its plans. Approximate Affected Workforce: over 1000 Source: AFX.COM - September 30, 2004 TRANSPORTATION US Airways Group Inc. Arlington, VA US Airways Group Inc. intends to slash its executive payroll by 20 percent, reducing the pay and benefits for its 3,000 managers and eliminating some positions. The airline is expected to announce details of the plan in coming days as it prepares for a bankruptcy hearing next Thursday. Approximate Affected Workforce: N/A Source: The Washington Post - September 29, 2004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mars Posted October 1, 2004 Report Share Posted October 1, 2004 Shorty posted this over on IDS today. Wonder if anyone else has info? xpresstrade site shut down again today via denial-of-service attack from their email: I posted last night that my Forex account was out of service from about noon Thursday to around 3 or 4 P.M. due to this same bunch running their denial of service attack. No problem today but I think my Forex broker switched to a different set of addresses last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mars Posted October 1, 2004 Report Share Posted October 1, 2004 I've read a number of lame excuses today that have been put forward by the RNC for the Idiot Princes meltdown last night. The lamest of all quoted a White House insider who said the Prince was just plain tired after a harrowing day inspecting Hurricane damage in Florida and the long flight back..ya right..don't eat that Elmer thats a road apple..he was plain afraid last nite going in and his worst fears were realized you see he knows he is a fraud and now more people do too. Tuesday should be great theatre as the real Pres Darth Vader goes at it with the trial Lawyer. Word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 1, 2004 Report Share Posted October 1, 2004 Up to 200 former TXU Corp. employees who switched companies after a deal between the utility and a consulting firm could lose their jobs with the new company. http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/b...ess/9810767.htm Layoffs Start on 360 employees as Mondavi Restructures and Prepares for Sale http://www.winespectator.com/Wine/Daily/Ne...45,2614,00.html Amana Refrigeration announces layoffs. Maytag isn't saying how many positions will be affected. The Amana plant has about 2.300 union workers. http://www.wqad.com/Global/story.asp?S=2375666 Intermet Corp., a Troy, Mich.-based auto parts supplier to Ford, Chrysler, Delphi Corp. and other automakers, has filed for federal bankruptcy protection. http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20...14222-3237r.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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