FACTBOX-Mounting job losses in non-financial sectors

Tue Apr 28, 2009 8:11am EDT
 
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    April 28 (Reuters) - The global financial crisis has claimed 
more than half a million jobs in non-financial sectors since the 
start of the year. 
    Following are details of announced job cuts of 2,000 or more 
in non-financial sectors 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 
 GKN Plc          Aerospace        4,364     Jan/Feb 
 Severstal 
       Steel        9,000-9,500   Mar  11 
 Continental    Tyre             2,000     Mar  11 
 Leoni         Auto             4,000     Mar  24 
 Heidelberg     Printing         2,500     Mar  26 
 LyondellBasell          Petrochemical    3,000     April 8 
 Russian Railways        Railways        53,700     April 9 
 Air France-KLM  Airlines    2,500-3,000  April 15 
 Sony Ericsson           Mobile phones    2,000    April 17 
 Stora Enso    Paper            2,000    April 23 
  
 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  06 
 EMC Corp         IT               2,400     Jan  07 
 Dell            IT           1,900-3000    Jan  08 
 Boeing Co         Airlines         4,500     Jan  09 
 Cessna Aircraft         Airlines         2,000     Jan  12 
 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 Corp Telecom          8,000     Jan  26 
 Home Depot Inc    Home 
                         Improvement      7,000     Jan  26 
 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 
 Goodyear          Tyre             5,000     Feb  18 
 Delta Air Lines  Airlines         2,100     Feb  19 
 Visteon Corp      Auto             9,300     Feb  25 
 Nortel Networks Corp 
                  Telecom          3,200     Feb  25 
 United Technologies 
    Corp          Manufacturing   11,600     Mar  10 
 PPG Industries 
    Inc           Paint maker      2,500     Mar  12 
 Bluegreen Corp , Resorts, sites   3,000     Mar  16 
 Caterpillar Inc  Earth-Moving  
                         Equipment       26,064 Jan/Feb/Mar 
 MeadWestvaco  
    Corp          Packaging        2,278     Jan/Mar 
 Agilent Technologies 
    Inc             Electronics      2,700     Mar  26 
 Bombardier Inc  Train/aircraft  3,000     April 2 
 Dover Corp       Manufacturing    4,800     April 22 
 Timken Co        Manufacturing    7,000     April 27 
 General Motors Corp 
                   Auto            90,000 Jan/Feb/April 
  
 REGION - ASIA-PACIFIC: 
 COMPANY                 SECTOR          NUMBERS    DATE 
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 TDK Corp <6762.T>       Electronics      8,000     Jan  08 
 Lenovo Group <0992.HK>  IT               2,500     Jan  08 
 BHP Billiton Ltd/Plc 
                 Mining           6,000     Jan  21 
 Panasonic Corp <6752.T> Electronics     15,000     Feb  04 
 Nissan Motor Co <7201.T>Auto            20,000     Feb  09 
 Pioneer Corp <6773.T>   Electronics     10,000     Feb  12 
     
 REGION - AFRICA 
 COMPANY                 SECTOR          NUMBERS    DATE 
 ---------------------------------------------------------- 
 Anglo Platinum  Platinum        10,000     Feb  09 
 Lonmin Plc       Platinum         5,500     Feb  24 
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                TOTAL                   515,106 
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    (Writing by Jijo Jacob and Carl Bagh, Bangalore Editorial 
Reference Unit; Additional writing and editing by David Cutler, 
London Editorial Reference Unit;) 
    ((david.cutler@thomsonreuters.com; +44 20 7542 7968; Reuters 
Messaging: david.cutler.reuters.com@reuters.net)) 
  Keywords: ECONOMY JOBCUTS/  
    
 
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