UK engineering group GKN has announced plans to cut 1,250 jobs. The company said that 70% of the jobs will go in its aerospace business which is based in Germany, the US and the UK.

-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), October 30, 2001

Answers

SAN JOSE, Calif. (October 29, 2001 7:28 p.m. EST) - Openwave Systems Inc., which makes software behind Internet-surfing cell phones, met Wall Street's reduced expectations in its fiscal first quarter but says it will cut about 300 jobs.

-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), October 30, 2001.

US music giant MTV Networks is to shed up to a reported 9% of its workforce as the company tries to come to terms with a changing economic climate. MTV Networks, which owns cable stations MTV, VH1 and Nickelodeon, has confirmed job losses are imminent.

-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), October 30, 2001.

Oct 30, 2001 - CVS Corp. closing 200 of 4100 stores, cutting staff & closing 1 of 10 distribution centers.

-- Paul (skypilot99@aol.com), October 30, 2001.

Oct 30, 2001 eCal.com closed.

-- Paul (skypilot99@aol.com), October 30, 2001.

Beacon Power Corp., a Wilmington-based company that uses flywheel technology for uninterrupted backup power, is slashing its work force by 26 jobs, or 25 percent, in an effort to trim costs and provide cash reserves for the company to continue operation for the next two years.

-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), October 30, 2001.

Tuesday October 30 10:09 AM ET

Vought Aircraft to Cut 1,200 Jobs

DALLAS (AP) - Vought Aircraft Industries is cutting 1,200 jobs, about 20 percent of its work force, citing a falloff in the sale of Boeing commercial aircraft.

-- (CAkidd_92540@yahoo.com), October 30, 2001.

Fidelity Investments, the country's largest mutual fund company, plans to fire 760 employees -- 2.3 percent of its total work force -- as its fees for brokerage and management have dropped in the face of a 19-month drop in stock prices. Roughly half of those cuts -- 395 -- are from the firm's Massachusetts operations.

-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), October 30, 2001.

Tuesday October 30 12:05 AM ET

Bristol-Myers to Cut From DuPont

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. will cut about 40 percent of its worldwide work force from former DuPont Pharmaceuticals, a spokesman said.

Job offers will be extended during the next few weeks to about 3,000 of DuPont Pharmaceuticals' 5,000 workers worldwide, said Bristol-Myers Squibb spokesman Wilson Grabill.

-- (CAkidd_92420@yahoo.com), October 30, 2001.

SUPERIOR, Wis. (AP) - Georgia-Pacific Corp. will lay off 119 employees at its local plant and another 115 at a North Carolina plant, citing less demand for hardwood products and an increased use of other materials like steel and plastic.

-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), October 30, 2001.

Oct 31, 2001 ALCATEL - ANOTHER 10,000 LAYOFFS.

-- Paul (skypilot99@aol.com), October 30, 2001.

CIBC is cutting 2,000 jobs and increasing its provisions for bad loans as it tries to reduce costs in a slumping North American economy. "Given the uncertain economic outlook, it is prudent to take pre- emptive action that reduces our costs, strengthens our balance sheet and helps to protect our earnings," chief executive John Hunkin said in a release after the close of stock markets Tuesday.

-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), October 31, 2001.

MILLEDGEVILLE - Vought Aircraft Industries, based in Dallas, Texas, announced Monday it will lay off 1,200 workers, but how those layoffs will impact the Milledgeville and Perry plants was unclear Tuesday. The layoffs involve about 20 percent of Vought's work force and will affect all of the company's plants and every level of its work force, said Vought spokeswoman Lynn Warne.

-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), October 31, 2001.

Hewlett-Packard announced it has cut additional jobs in the U.S. as part of its ongoing cost-cutting efforts.

A representative for the Palo Alto, Calif.-based computer behemoth said the company laid off an unspecified number of employees in the United States this week. The layoffs are in addition to the 6,000 job cuts worldwide that HP announced earlier this year, before its bid to acquire onetime rival Compaq Computer.

The layoffs are also not apparently part of the estimated 15,000 layoffs that will occur after the merger, as the latest cutbacks do not relate to the merger, the representative said. Additionally, Compaq will lay off 8,500 employees separately.

-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), October 31, 2001.

Privately-owned Spanish carrier Air Europa is looking to reduce its workforce by 15 per cent - around 450 jobs - and liquidate its Air Europa Express regional airline unit, the El Pais newspaper reported.

-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), October 31, 2001.

Nov 1, 2001 Adobe cutting 150.

Nov 1, 2001 ICI cutting 1000? (not sure of number)

Nov 1, 2001 Deutsche Bank 1500

Nov 1, 2001 Fidelity Investments cutting 760 or 2%

-- Paul (skypilot99@aol.com), November 01, 2001.

Nov 1, 2001 JP Morgan is cutting around 8,000 jobs

Nov 1, 2001 Sapient laid off another 400

Nov 1, 2001 Qwest fired all their contractors.

Nov 1, 2001 PacketSwitch.com closed.

Nov 1, 2001 HotJobs.com laying off 20%-50% of New York staff

Nov 1, 2001 Bolt.com laid off 35 of 85

Nov 1, 2001 Organic more lay offs at New York office.

Nov 1, 2001 Virgin Entertainment Group laid off 20.

Nov 1, 2001 Netzee.com will be laying off most remaining employees.

Nov 1, 2001 Hall Kinion laid off 230 people.

Nov 1, 2001 Portal laying off 30%.

-- Paul (skypilot99@aol.com), November 01, 2001.

Nov 1, 2001 Genuity laying off 990

Nov 1, 2001 ACT Manufacturing 27%

-- Paul (skypilot99@aol.com), November 01, 2001.

Florida

Dayco in Ocala lays off 60 workers

HARRIET DANIELS Staff Writer

OCALA — In response to cutbacks in the nation's automotive industry, Dayco Products in Ocala had layoffs this week.

The 60 employees included in the layoff were notified on Tuesday and Wednesday. The local plant, a division of Amherst, N.Y.-based Mark IV Automotive, now employs approximately 520 people.

-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), November 01, 2001.

SINGAPORE (November 1, 2001 12:30 a.m. EST) - Singapore's largest bank, the United Overseas Bank, said Thursday it may eliminate about 2,000 jobs by the end of the year.

-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), November 01, 2001.

Nov 2, 2001 Delta Airlines laying off 2000 including 1700 pilots

-- Paul (skypilot99@aol.com), November 01, 2001.

Nov 2, 2001 Niku about to lay off.

Nov 2, 2001 StarMedia.com closing New York operations.

Nov 2, 2001 Clorox laying off 5% to 15% soon.

Nov 2, 2001 Xdrive.com, laid off 22 of 35 remaining employees in 4th layoff this year, down from 300 employees at the beginning of 2001

Nov 2, 2001 The Dallas Morning News laid off 73 staffers.

-- Paul (skypilot99@aol.com), November 01, 2001.

UK

ICI, the specialty chemicals and paints group, announced 1,300 jobs cuts yesterday as it launched a £180 million restructuring programme.

The cuts come on top of voluntary job shedding, which has resulted in 1,400 employees leaving the group already this year.

-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), November 02, 2001.

The suffering in the investment banking community continued yesterday as Robertson Stephens initiated its third round of layoffs this year, with 300 positions to be eliminated.

Pink slips were handed out at the San Francisco firm beginning yesterday morning, with the firings to continue through an unspecified period of time.

-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), November 02, 2001.

Incyte Genomics hacks 400 jobs Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO -- Preferring pharmaceuticals instead of genomics, Incyte Genomics Inc. laid off 400 workers and shifted the focus of its business.

The Palo, Alto-based company said Tuesday it's getting out of the genomics tools business and will refashion itself as a drug maker.

-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), November 02, 2001.

UK

PRUDENTIAL, the insurance giant, plans to slash more than 2,000 jobs and has announced a deal to offload the burden of its general insurance arm. Both developments were more positive than expected by the market and the shares rose 33p to 768p.

-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), November 02, 2001.

FRANKFURT, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank AG on Thursday said it would almost triple planned job cuts to 7.3 percent of its workforce as the world economic slowdown bites and said it still expected to meet profit targets.

-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), November 02, 2001.

Acordis Industrial Fibers Inc. has announced it will cease certain production operations at its Scottsboro plant by the end of December 2001.

The company expects to permanently layoff approximately 250 employees. The reduction in workforce will include a 12 percent cutback in management staff and white collar jobs.

-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), November 03, 2001.

DETROIT (November 2, 2001 2:08 p.m. EST) - Following the appointment of a new chief financial officer and announcing that it would consolidate its North American operations, Hayes Lemmerz International Inc. said Friday it was cutting 145 positions.

The cuts, effective immediately, represent approximately 11 percent of the Northville-based company's North American salaried work force. The company employs 14,000 people worldwide.

-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), November 03, 2001.

SOUTH PORTLAND — Fairchild Semiconductor announced Friday it is laying off 58 employees at its South Portland plant, citing continued softness in the global electronics industry.

-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), November 03, 2001.

BROOMFIELD, Colo. -- Sun Microsystems Inc. will lay off about 250 people in Colorado as it cuts its global workforce because of the soured economy.

Almost all the cuts will be at Sun's business park in Broomfield, Sun spokesman Prentiss Donohue said. The Palo Alto-based company is cutting about 3,900 of its 43,000 employees overall.

-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), November 05, 2001.

Published: Nov 5, 2001

HOUSTON (AP) - In its second round of job cuts this year, BMC Software Inc. is trimming its payroll by about 475 workers, bringing the total announced reductions this year to more than 900.

-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), November 05, 2001.

HELSINKI, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Nokia said on Monday it had reduced planned job cuts at its mobile phone plant in Salo, Finland, to 130 instead of an earlier announced 260 as some staff had agreed to retire or change jobs. "We were able to find other alternatives than layoffs for local workers, so hence the layoffs will only concern about 130 white-collar workers at Salo," Nokia Mobile Phones spokesman Tapio Hedman told Reuters.

-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), November 05, 2001.

Last Update: 8:13 PM ET Nov 5, 2001

DEARBORN, Mich. (CBS.MW) -- Ford Motor Co, which recently replaced its CEO and has been revamping its North American operations, is reportedly mulling plans to cut 8,000 white-collar jobs, according to a published report.

The automaker (F: news, board) is considering slashing up to 20 percent of its white-collar work force in the United States and will announce details of the plan at the end of the year, according to a published report in the online edition of The Financial Times.

-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), November 05, 2001.

Nov 6, 2001 Frito Lay (PepsiCo) laid off 270 drivers

Nov 6, 2001 Alcatel - ANOTHER 1500 if I understood it correctly.

Nov 6, 2001 Pfizer laying off 100 employees in NYC

Nov 6, 2001  MrShowbiz.com closed.

Nov 6, 2001 Christianity.com - No funding - All laid off Nov 15 - 35 people.

Nov 6, 2001 Interactive Week and Smart Partner magazines closed.

Nov 6, 2001 LAinsider.com closed.

Nov 6, 2001 ABCNews.com laid off 26

Nov 6, 2001 The Walt Disney Internet Group laid off another 125

Nov 6, 2001 Luminant laid off 90

Nov 6, 2001 Small Bikinis closed.

Nov 6, 2001 AvantGolaid laid off 30%

Nov 6, 2001 Yipes.com laid off 50%.

Nov 6, 2001 RestaurantTrade.com closing.

-- Paul (skypilot99@aol.com), November 05, 2001.

Nov 7, 2001 Tommy Hilfiger laid off 35 in NYC.

Nov 7, 2001 Hewlett Packard pay freeze

Nov 7, 2001 CMP Media/United Business Media laying off 30%.

Nov 7, 2001 CondeNet firing 25 people or 20%

Nov 7, 2001 Major League Baseball getting rid of 3 teams.

-- Paul (skypilot99@aol.com), November 07, 2001.

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) Bethlehem Steel has told union officials it plans to cut 2,000 jobs as it tries to pull itself out of bankruptcy, the union said.

Bethlehem Steel filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Oct. 15. It currently has around 13,000 employees down from a high of 300,000 in World War II

-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), November 07, 2001.

Thursday November 8, 4:36 PM EST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street firm Salomon Smith Barney is expected to eliminate as much as 10 percent of its investment banking division, or 300 positions, by the end of the month, according to a source familiar with the situation.

-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), November 08, 2001.

online.ie 07 Nov 2001

Up to 170 jobs are to go through voluntary redundancy at Waterford Crystal following an announcement by the Waterford Wedgewood Group that it is axing 1,400 jobs worldwide.

The majority of the cuts will be in Britain, with the remainder in Germany, Australia, Japan and the US.

-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), November 08, 2001.

SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER STAFF Redmond-based Spacelabs Medical Inc. will cut 90 staff members at its headquarters facility, as it outsources assembly of its circuit boards.

-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), November 08, 2001.

Wireless data encryption specialist Certicom Corp. is cutting 30 per cent of its workforce in "a strategic realignment of its business units and distribution network, a re-focus on its core technology offerings, and other changes aimed at improving operational efficiency."

-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), November 09, 2001.

Employees at what was the one-time HomeBase are now dealing with another closure notice.

Last December, the Irvine-based company announced plans to shutter its 89 HomeBase stores, including the one in Chico. In February, it came back with news that 42 of the stores would be transformed into home furnishing stores, called House2Home. Chico was among the selected locations.

-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), November 09, 2001.

Nov 9, 2001 E! Entertainment Television laid off around 15% -- 100

Nov 9, 2001 World Wrestling Federation laid off 30 to 40 people office employees

Nov 9, 2001 Net2Phone laid off 300 or 43%. All of customer service, half of all the developers

Nov 9, 2001 Public Broadcasting Corp. is cutting 10% of 565.

-- Paul (skypilot99@aol.com), November 09, 2001.

Mercury News Two of the valley's premier names in computing may be heading ever so quietly down Layoff Lane.

IBM last week told 80 workers at its San Jose software division to start looking for new work, according to one of those pink-slipped. That's roughly 5 percent of the workforce at IBM's Santa Teresa Labs.

Apple Computer, meanwhile, has been making small job cuts across a range of departments. That word comes from an Apple employee as well as from a number of independent, Apple-related Web sites.

Layoffs are nothing new in this economy. But these are noteworthy not just for the high profiles the companies cut, but also for their stealthiness. Management at both firms is working very, very hard to keep the cuts quiet.

-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), November 09, 2001.

184 to be laid off at Mellen mill Temporary job cuts to take effect at end of year Rick Olivo The Daily Press Last Updated: Thursday, November 08th, 2001 04:16:07 PM

A Mellen veneer mill owned by Columbia Forest Products, a major Ashland County employer, has filed a mass layoff announcement with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.

-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), November 10, 2001.

Nov 12, 2001 TechTV laying off another 25%.

Nov 12, 2001 Levi Strauss laying off.

Nov 12, 2001 Rational employees in Cupertino choice of laid off ormove to Lexington, MA office.

Nov 12, 2001 AnswerThink - across-the-board pay-cuts & mass layoffs

-- Paul (skypilot99@aol.com), November 12, 2001.