Friday, October 23, 2009

Mass layoffs return

Mass layoffs announced in the last week:

Sun Microsystems - 3,000
Sun Announces 3,000 Layoffs, 10 Percent of Workforce

NCR - 2,200
NCR Corp. Q3 profit dives, will cut 2,200 jobs


International Paper - 1,600
International Paper - 1,600

Oak Forest Hospital - 200
Oak Forest Hospital eliminates 200 jobs

Georgia Pacific - 300
Georgia-Pacific Mill In Fordyce Laying Off Workforce

Obama and the Fed better start saving or creating some jobs soon. I am also starting to smell whiffs of credit stress in some other blogs, but not seeing it in any credit indicators yet. Could be one hell of a winter.

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