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Kellogg’s Layoffs Hit Florida

Breakfast food giant Kellogg’s is continuing mass layoffs, this time focusing on its distribution center in Weston, Florida, where up to 246 workers have now lost their jobs.

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More Than a ‘Bloodbath’: 100 Layoffs at ESPN

Reports of the number of layoffs to befall employees at cable sports network ESPN have been steadily increasing, but no one expected that the full measure would amount to 100 employees. The shocking toll was realized today as employees began receiving their pink slips.

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Twitter Braces For Company-Wide Layoffs Under New CEO

Company co-founder Jack Dorsey, recently installed as CEO, has promised “big changes” for Twitter, and “has been vocal about the need to shake things up at the company, as user growth and engagement has stalled and the company’s stock has been battered,” according to Business Insider. Dorsey described the company’s flagging performance as “unacceptable” and promised to “ensure more disciplined execution” in a June conference call.

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Bloodbath: ‘Los Angeles Times’ To Cut 10% of Staff

While it may be impossible to believe that an upstanding newspaper like The Los Angeles Times, a trusted and beloved publication that describes half-black men as “white supremacists,” is having financial troubles, the fact is that a bloodbath involving at

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President Obama’s Economy Faces Thousands of Looming Layoffs

The Obama economy is facing thousands of looming layoffs, according to multiple media reports. For example, the Associated Press reports ConocoPhillips is expected to layoff roughly 1,810 employees — 10 percent of its workforce — due to a decrease in oil prices, which are nearing all time lows.

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Mass Layoffs at SD-UT

San Diego Union-Tribune employees are suffering 178 layoffs this week resulting from May’s announced sale of the newspaper from Doug Manchester to multi-news outlet owner of the Los Angeles Times, Tribune Publishing.

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John Deere to Lay off 865 Iowans

The world’s largest farm equipment company, Deere & Co, announced on Friday it plans to lay off at least 865 Iowa workers and another 45 of its Illinois employees.

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