U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012.  REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov  (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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FACTBOX: Jobs gloom for 2009

Wed Feb 18, 2009 9:23am EST

(Reuters) - General Motors Corp and Chrysler LLC said on Tuesday they would make huge cuts to their workforces, in restructuring plans submitted to the U.S. government as part of the terms of a federal bailout.

Following are details of announced job cuts of 2,000 or more, by region and sector, since the beginning of January:

REGION - EUROPE:

COMPANY SECTOR NUMBERS DATE

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Elcoteq Electronics 5,000 Jan 15

Metro AG Retail 15,000 Jan 20

Philips Electronics Electronics 6,000 Jan 26

Corus Steel 3,500 Jan 26

STMicroelectronics Chip maker 4,500 Jan 27

SAP Software 3,300 Jan 28

AstraZeneca Plc Drugmaker 6,000 Jan 29

Atlas Copco Machinery 3,000 Feb 02

SAS Airlines 8,600 Feb 03

Salcomp Telecom 3,300 Feb 10

REGION - NORTH AMERICA:

COMPANY SECTOR NUMBERS DATE

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Motorola Mobile phones 4,000 Jan 14

Alcoa Inc Aluminum prod 15,000 Jan 6

EMC Corp IT 2,400 Jan 7

Dell IT 1,900-3000 Jan 8

Boeing Co Airlines 4,500 Jan 9

Cessna Aircraft Airlines 2,000 Jan 12

MeadWestvaco

Corp Packaging 2,000 Jan 15

Hertz Global Hldgs

Inc Car rental 4,000 Jan 16

Eaton Corp Manufacturer 5,200 Jan 20

Intel Corp IT 6,000 Jan 21

Microsoft Corp IT 5,000 Jan 22

Texas Instruments IT 3,400 Jan 26

Sprint Nextel CorpTelecom 8,000 Jan 26

Home Depot Inc Home

Improvement 7,000 Jan 26

General Motors Corp Auto 2,000 Jan 26

Caterpillar Inc Earth-Moving

Equipment 23,610 Jan/Feb

Pfizer Inc Pharma 19,500 Jan 26

Molex Inc Electronics 2,500 Jan 27

Corning Inc Manufacturer 4,900 Jan 27

Jabil Circuit Inc Electronics 3,000 Jan 28

Eastman Kodak Co Camera, printing 4,500 Jan 29

Macy's Inc Retail 7,000 Feb 02

Cisco Systems Inc IT 1,500-2000 Feb 04

Estee Lauder Cos Inc Cosmetics 2,000 Feb 05

BorgWarner Inc Auto 4,400 Feb 12

Chrysler LLC Auto 3,000 Feb 17

General Motors Corp Auto 67,000 Feb 17

REGION - ASIA-PACIFIC:

COMPANY SECTOR NUMBERS DATE

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TDK Corp Electronics 8,000 Jan 8

Lenovo Group IT 2,500 Jan 8

BHP Billiton Ltd/Plc Mining 6,000 Jan 21

Panasonic Corp Electronics 15,000 Feb 4

Nissan Motor CoAuto 20,000 Feb 9

Pioneer Corp Electronics 10,000 Feb 12

REGION - AFRICA

COMPANY SECTOR NUMBERS DATE

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Anglo Platinum Platinum 10,000 Feb 10

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TOTAL 346,610

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(Writing by Jijo Jacob and Carl Bagh, Bangalore Editorial Reference Unit, and David Cutler, London Editorial Reference Unit; editing by Karen Foster)

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