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FACTBOX: Jobs gloom for 2009
(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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