Mesaba Airlines plans to lay off 400

ASSOCIATED PRESS

MINNEAPOLIS -- Mesaba Airlines said it expected to layoff about 400 employees systemwide by next week as part of a work-force reduction in response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the airline announced Friday.

Earlier in the week, the airline cut three vice presidents and three directors as part of its previously announced 20 percent reduction in scheduled service.

"Most of it is actually done now,'' spokeswoman Elizabeth Costello said Friday about the layoffs.

Costello said all employees who will be laid off have been notified. Some furloughed employees who have seniority may get other jobs within the system, she said.

The airline has offered relief packages to affected employees, a Mesaba release stated.

Mesaba, which operates Airlink flights for Northwest Airlines, flew more than 800 flights a day and employed more than 3,700 people before the attacks. The Minneapolis-based carrier reduced its service by 20 percent on Sept. 18.

-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), September 29, 2001

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (September 28, 2001 8:31 p.m. EDT) - Speedway Motorsports Inc. announced it will lay off up to 150 employees at its six tracks by January due to rising costs and a drop in advertising.

About 25 to 30 of those cuts will be at Concord's Lowe's Motor Speedway.

-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), September 29, 2001.

How about the MGM Mirage in Las Vegas? They just laid off 2,000....think of it, one hotel, in just one city, a layoff of this size. Multiply that by all the resort hotels and casinos in the country and what do you get?....I am not looking forward to seeing the unemployment figures for September that will be coming out next month.

-- R2D2 (r2d2@earthend.net), September 29, 2001.

Friday, September 28, 2001; 11:29 PM

HONOLULU –– Hawaii's largest airline said Friday that it would cut 12 percent of its work force because of a drop in travel after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Hawaiian Airlines will lay off 430 employees, about 12 percent of its staff of 3,524, effective Sept. 30, the company said.

-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), September 29, 2001.

MicroStrategy, Net2000 Slash Jobs By Dina ElBoghdady, Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, September 29, 2001; 6:11 AM

Northern Virginia technology firms MicroStrategy Inc. and Net2000 Communications Inc. said yesterday that they are cutting hundreds of workers, citing economic uncertainty caused by the terrorist attacks and slowing demand for business software and specialized telecommunications. MicroStrategy, a McLean-based software company, cut about 200 workers yesterday, slashing its payroll for the third time this year.

-- (CAkidd_94520@yahoo.com), September 30, 2001.

NEW YORK (September 30, 2001 5:34 p.m. EDT) - Brill Media Holdings LP has closed its Contentville Web site, the company's founder, Steve Brill said in a message that appears on the site.

The site shut down Sept. 28, and 15 people will be laid off, but it won't affect the publication of Brill's Content, a quarterly magazine that focuses on the media industry.

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

3Com has reported reduced sales for its first quarter 2002 and plans to lay off 1000 more staff. The vendor said it has exceeded its targets to cut costs and number of staff that it announced in November last year.

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

Oct 1, 2001  Qpax.com closed.

Oct 1, 2001 KANA laid off 300.

Oct 1, 2001 ContentVille.com closed.

Oct 1, 2001 iGrandparents.com has laid off all staff & closing.

Oct 1, 2001 LearningNetwork laid off 43 people from their SF office.

Oct 1, 2001 Aether Systems laying off.

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

Oct 1, 2001 Compaq may lay off twice as many as expected, up to 30,000 due to redundancies due to acquisition by HP and the economic slowdown & terrorist attack.

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

Raytheon Aircraft Co. is laying off 750 hourly and salaried workers. Most of those affected by the layoffs are in Kansas.

Company officials say the action is designed to bring costs in line with a slowing economy that was made worse following terrorist attacks Sept. 11's terrorist attacks.

Layoffs will occur in the fourth quarter of 2001, with employee notices beginning today (Oct. 1.)

Raytheon Aircraft employs about 11,800 people, including 9,000 in Kansas.

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

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Telecommunications provider WorldCom Inc. said Monday it would cut about 1,000 jobs from its international data unit, about 10 percent of its European staff, due to lower capital spending and a restructuring in the region

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

NEW YORK (Reuters) - IKON Office Solutions Inc. (IKN) warned on Monday of lower fourth-quarter earnings and said it will exit telephony operations in the United States and Europe and close non- strategic digital print production centers, cutting 2,600 jobs over the next 12 months.

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

Oct 2, 2001 DoubleClick laying off 30%.

Oct 2, 2001 Epicentric laying off up to 10%.

Oct 2, 2001 Zentropy Partners' N.Y. office - 10 left. Everyone else fired.

Oct 2, 2001 Jupiter Media Metrix laying off one-third of staff.

Oct 2, 2001 Mademoiselle magazine apparently closing.

-- Paul (skypilot99@aol.com), October 02, 2001.

Tuesday October 2, 2001

Online travel service Ebookers.com is poised to cut up to 120 jobs as the airline and tourism crisis deepens. The company, one of Europe's biggest travel groups, is consulting with its employees and expects to announce a round of job cuts on October 15.

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

Oct 2, 2001 Swissair stopping flights as cash runs out. Bankruptcy likely.

-- Paul (skypilot99@aol.com), October 02, 2001.

Oct 2, 2001 Hewlett Packard warned they may lay off more than previously announced. This comes on heels of Compaqs announcement of more layoffs due to merger with HP and economy.

-- Paul (skypilot99@aol.com), October 02, 2001.

Komatsu to trim 10% of workforce

Komatsu Ltd. said Tuesday it will cut 2,200 jobs, or about 10 percent of its group domestic workforce, by March 2004. The decision follows a downward revision of its earnings forecast that sees the company sliding into the red for the fiscal year to March 31.

Komatsu, the nation's biggest construction machinery maker, now projects a consolidated pretax loss of 52 billion yen and a net loss of 45 billion yen for the current year.

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

LanChile, the national flag-carrier, on Monday said it would lay off more than 6 per cent of its workforce and reduce services by about 10 per cent because of the deepening crisis in airline travel.

The company, regarded as one of Latin America's most profitable carriers, said it would cut 650 jobs and suspend some flights to Miami. Its daily Santiago-New York service will no longer be direct, the company said in

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

Nortel Slashes Jobs, to Post Loss Tuesday October 2, 8:15 PM EDT

By Ian Karleff

TORONTO (Reuters) - Nortel Networks Corp. (NT) said on Tuesday it would slash its payroll by a further 30 percent and post a $3.6 billion third-quarter loss as the telecoms equipment maker trims operations to break even in future quarters.

Nortel also said Chief Financial Officer Frank Dunn would replace John Roth as chief executive, effective Nov. 1. Roth will serve as vice-chairman through to the end of 2002, while Terry Hungle, former president of finance, will become chief financial officer.

The struggling firm, once one of the world's most valuable, said it would lay off 10,000 more workers on top of 10,000 set to leave the payroll because they work for divisions being sold, Nortel said. It said on Tuesday it inked deals to sell its Clarify unit to Amdocs Ltd. (DOX) and its French distribution division to SPIE.

With the 30,000 jobs that have already been slashed, staff will number 45,000, less than half the peak work force.

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

Job Losses Hit Vegas By sam The economic after-effects of Sept 11th’s terrorist attacks could leave about one in twelve Southern Nevadans unemployed by the middle of next year as Las Vegas lays off thousands.

Casinos have cut as many as 15,000 jobs in recent weeks, and Keith Schwer, associate professor of economics at the University of Nevada estimates that every job lost at a casino will lead to another layoff in a different local industry in the next six months.

A rising unemployment rate is not good for the casinos either, as less people will be gambling. Station Casinos, one of the largest groups on the strip, has already reported a 7-9 percent decline in daily winnings for the casino.

Although many believe that Las Vegas can weather this financial storm, the rise of unemployment may be a very real risk to revenue, especially as players continue to remain at home in the aftermath of the attack.

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

KEOKUK -- A slowdown in business caused the immediate temporary loss of about 80 jobs Monday at Keokuk Steel Castings.

The layoff affects about 60 out of 327 members of Local 3311 of the United Steel Workers union and about 20 of 100 salaried positions at Steel Castings, a union spokesman said.

------------------ Cognex Eliminates 85 Jobs By boston.internet.com Staff

Citing the downturn in the semiconductor and electronics industries, Natick, Mass., inspection technology maker Cognex (NASDAQ:CGNX) is cutting about 85 jobs, its first major layoff in 16 years.

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

October 3, 2001 Bayer to Acquire Aventis CropScience; Company to Seek European Drug Partner

By Vanessa Fuhrmans

Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Bayer AG's chief executive said the company would seek a European partner for its ailing pharmaceutical business as it wrapped up a deal to buy Aventis CropScience for 5.35 billion euros ($4.9 billion), plus the assumption of 1.9 billion euros in debt.

Mr. Wenning said Bayer would step up cost-saving measures, cutting an additional 4,000 jobs as it merges Aventis CropScience with its own crop-protection business, and 1,250 more jobs at its pharmaceuticals division.

-- (CAkidd_94520@yahoo.com), October 03, 2001.

Xerox: 1,300 jobs to go in Gloucestershire

Xerox is to cut up to 1,300 jobs at Mitcheldean in Gloucestershire to reduce costs, unions have been told.

-- (curious@curious.cur), October 03, 2001.

Conflicting numbers of Nortel layoffs?

Nortel slashes 19,500 more jobs, announces new CEO

Last Updated: Wed Oct 3 01:14:42 2001

TORONTO - Nortel Networks announced 19,500 more job cuts Tuesday, warned it would post another huge quarterly loss, and introduced a new CEO – a company insider who, in less than a month, will assume the burden of guiding the former market darling out of a sea of red ink.

-- (CAkidd_94520@yahoo.com), October 03, 2001.

Tuesday October 2 10:15 AM ET Stride Rite Is Cutting 120 Jobs

BOSTON (AP) - Shoe company Stride Rite Corp. will cut another 120 jobs, or about 6 percent of its work force, citing declining sales and earnings.

-- (CAkidd_94520@yahoo.com), October 03, 2001.

About.com Cuts Jobs as Shifts Toward E-Commerce By Reshma Kapadia

NEW YORK (Reuters) - About.com, the Internet information and directory site network which was bought last year by Primedia (NYSE:PRM - news), has shifted its focus toward e-commerce and has cut about 60 jobs, or 20 percent of its work force, in a bid to replace disappearing advertising revenue.

-- (CAkidd_94520@yahoo.com), October 03, 2001.

Oct 3, 2001 Air Wisconsin cutting 330 workers and cutting flights.

-- Paul (skypilot99@aol.com), October 03, 2001.

SEATTLE (AP) Nordstrom Inc. has laid off 1,600 employees nationwide in the past month, the result of slumping sales since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, a company spokeswoman said.

The layoffs represent 3.6 percent of the company's 45,000-person workforce and 7.9 percent of the corporate headquarters staff, spokeswoman Brooke White said Tuesday.

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

DALLAS (AP) -- Hotel operator Wyndham International Inc. (Quote) said Tuesday it would lay off 1,600 employees, more than 5 per cent of its work force, because of a slowdown in the lodging business.

The Dallas-based company also said a "substantial number" of its remaining employees were working reduced hours.

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

Oct 3, 2001 Belgian airline Sabena has filed for bankruptcy protection. Possible 1600 layoffs.

-- Paul (skypilot99@aol.com), October 03, 2001.

EVENDALE, Ohio –– General Electric Aircraft Engines said Wednesday it will cut up to 4,000 jobs, or 13 percent of its work force, by early next year because it expects the demand for engines to drop in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

The company will cut up to 800 jobs from its Cincinnati offices and about 250 jobs at Lynn, Mass. Spokesman Rick Kennedy said the company had not determined whether the other cuts would occur but that they would be spread across General Electric Aircraft's 25 facilities.

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

Oct 4, 2001 KLM Airlines laying off 2500. Cutting schedule.

Oct 4, 2001 Credit Suisse First Boston cutting 760 jobs or 20% of its global investment banking unit.

Oct 4, 2001 Consignia, Britain's Post Office, cutting 15,000 employees, or 1 out of 10 employees.

-- Paul (skypilot99@aol.com), October 04, 2001.

Oct 4, 2001 UGO laid off 40 of 70 employees

Oct 4, 2001 L90 laid off around 40 of 50 tech employees.

Oct 4, 2001 Monster.com laid off 125.

Oct 4, 2001 IBM's Business Innovation Services laid off 900

Oct 4, 2001 eTranslate.com laid off 17

Oct 4, 2001 Eziba.com laid off 25%.

-- Paul (skypilot99@aol.com), October 04, 2001.

McLeodUSA said it would cut 1,600 jobs, or 15 percent of its workforce, was scuttling plans to expand to a national voice and data network and will concentrate on the 25 states where it now has a solid "footprint."

-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), October 04, 2001.

First Choice Holidays is cutting 1,100 jobs in the wake of the US terror attack.

Up to half the job losses are expected to come in the UK, where the company has 10 offices and more than 330 shops.

-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), October 04, 2001.

U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray said Wednesday that this week it is shedding 60 people in its equity capital markets division, which handles investment banking and institutional brokerage activities. The job cuts represent about 10 percent of the division's work force, said Paul Karos, president of the division.

-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), October 04, 2001.

Isn't this about the 2nd or even 3rd layoff cuts for Alcatel and about the 2nd for McLeodUSA? As the stock market explodes upwards, more and more companies layoff and the initial unemployment filings shoot upward to 525,000. Either the stock market is reflecting the beginning of a rebound in our economy or its another "sucker rally."

Oct 4, 2001 Corning lays off 4000 more jobs on top of previous 8000 & idles MOST OF ITS FIBEROPTIC MANUFACTURING PLANTS for the rest of the year.

Oct 4, 2001 General Electric Aircraft Engines cutting 4000 or 13%.

Oct 4, 2001 Alcatel cutting more than 3000.

Oct 4, 2001 McLeodUSA cutting 1600 or 15% and ABANDONING plans to build nationwide network.

-- Paul (skypilot99@aol.com), October 04, 2001.

Oct 4, 2001 Matrix One cutting 15%.

Oct 4, 2001 Sun Microsystems making more cuts.

Oct 4, 2001 Stride Rite shoes (Keds) cut 120.

-- Paul (skypilot99@aol.com), October 04, 2001.

Cable & Wireless, the British telecom and Internet giant with its U.S. headquarters in Tysons Corner, is laying off about 400 people in its stateside sales force, company officials say.

The company is laying off almost all of its salespeople in the small and medium business division, citing the downturn in the U.S. telecom and technology market.

-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), October 04, 2001.

Oct 5, 2001 Gateway laying off ADDITIONAL 25%. This is about the 3rd or 4th time, I believe, they are laying off. Do they have anyone left working there?

Oct 5, 2001 TDK laying off 8800 or 20%.

Oct 5, 2001 Netegrity 15%.

Oct 5, 2001 Cookson 3000.

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

PALO ALTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Network computer maker Sun Microsystems Inc. said on Friday it would slash its work force by nearly 4,000 jobs and post a wider-than-expected first-quarter loss amid growing global uncertainty and a weak economy. The company, which in late August had already warned of a first- quarter loss, also said its revenues would be lower than Wall Street expectations

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

Oct 5, 2001 Cable & Wireless laid off.

Oct 5, 2001 Organic laid off again.

Oct 5, 2001 Andersen laid off 50 more from Assurance division in N.Y.

Oct 5, 2001 Techies.com laying off third round

Oct 5, 2001 ICG Commerce laid off.

Oct 5, 2001 Redback Networks fired 200

Oct 5, 2001 eGain - 4th layoffs. Plus remaining employees get10% pay cut and unpaid week off

Oct 5, 2001 Idea Factory - mass layoff

Oct 5, 2001 Corning Inc. is closing optical fibre plant in North Wales, firing 436 employees.

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

TULSA, Okla. (October 5, 2001 7:36 p.m. EDT) - Rental car company Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group announced Friday that it is cutting as many as 1,200 jobs, about 20 percent of its work force, because of the travel slowdown from last month's terrorist attacks.

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

NORTH CANTON, Ohio (October 5, 2001 6:52 p.m. EDT) - Vacuum manufacturer Hoover Co. plans to cut 55 white-collar jobs by year's end, about 4 percent of its salaried work force.

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

TOKYO (October 5, 2001 5:31 p.m. EDT) - Japan's major electronics parts maker TDK Corp. plans to cut a quarter of its global work force because of a slump in the information-technology market, a company spokesman said Friday.

By March 2004, 6,500 jobs will be cut abroad and another 2,300 domestic position will go out of the group's workforce of some 37,000, TDK spokesman Nobuyuki Koike said.

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

NEW YORK - Travelocity.com, the nation's leading travel Web site, Friday said it would lay off 320 employees and trim spending to counter bookings eroded by the air travel slowdown after the Sept. 11 attacks.

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

199,000 jobs lost in September. More than any in last decade even before Sep 11 attacks. Somehow unemployment figure remained at 4.9%. Of course, we know that government fudges this figure by doing such "creative bookkeeping" as not counting those who have been on the rolls for a period of time since they declare them "no longer looking for work." Plus, they will lie now just to try to help the economy.

Oct 6, 2001 Los Angeles County will lose 41,000 jobs & $2 billion in travel spending. 3500 or 40% of the county's unionized hotel workers have already lost their jobs or had hours reduced.

Oct 6, 2001 Boeing Co. Chairman Phil Condit major airline will be bankrupt within 30 to 60 days. Midway Airlines, Sabena, and Swissair have filed have already filed.

Oct 6, 2001 Travelocity.com laying off 19%.

-- Paul (skypilot99@aol.com), October 06, 2001.

Buffalo city officials learned Friday that they may get some help in the looming fiscal crisis from an early state aid check, but it won't be enough to solve the problem. Layoff notices were sent Friday to 75 city workers, and more pink slips could follow. State lawmakers said Albany alone can't solve Buffalo's cash crisis.

-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), October 06, 2001.

10/6/01

Airport concessionaire Delaware North Cos. eliminated 30 jobs Thursday at its headquarters in Buffalo in response to a sharp downturn in business since Sept.

-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), October 06, 2001.

Oct 8, 2001 British railroad system, Railtrack, files bankruptcy.

Oct 8, 2001 Renaissance Cruises Chapter 11, laid off 450.

-- Paul (skypilot99@aol.com), October 08, 2001.

Oct 8, 2001 Accenture laying off 7,000

Oct 8, 2001 AltaVista closed.

Oct 8, 2001 Silicon Alley Reporter closed.

Oct 8, 2001 GatherRound.com.

Oct 8, 2001 GAYBC.com closed, chapter 7.

Oct. 8, 2001 Oven Digital laid off 8 to 10 people

Oct 8, 2001 DirectStuff.com laid off more people & is down to 9 or 10 people from the 20 - 25 who once worked there.

Oct 8, 2001 Snapfish.com appears to be sold and most staff laid off

Oct 8, 2001 Cybershift laid off 50%.

-- Paul (skypilot99@aol.com), October 08, 2001.

GUELPH, Ont. (CP) - Skyjack Inc., maker of industrial scissor-lift work platforms, is further extending the summer shutdown of its seven plants in Canada and the United States, idling about 1,100 workers.

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

Monday, October 08, 2001 ONEIDA, N.Y. (AP) - Citing soft demand in the wake of the terrorist attacks last month, Oneida Ltd. announced Monday it will reduce the work week at its flatware facility and eliminate more than 60 jobs.

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

Oct 9, 2001 ONYX 25%.

Oct 9, 2001 Qantas Airlines 850 executive jobs.

Oct 9, 2001 European Unions airlines may lose up to 40,000 due to layoffs. This is in addition to America's 100,000 or so.

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

Sensormatic Electronics said Monday it would eliminate 180 jobs related to its signature anti-theft tag product, now produced at its headquarters in Boca Raton.

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

MONTREAL (Reuters) - Quebecor World Inc. (IQW.TO), the world's largest commercial printer, said on Tuesday it will cut 6 percent of its work force, close seven of 160 plants and take a $225 million pretax restructuring charge in its fourth quarter.

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

REDMOND - Another local company announced sweeping layoffs Tuesday.

Genie Industries manufactures lift equipment in Redmond and sells it around the world.

Tuesday morning, 450 employees got pink slips. Most of them, 390, will come from Redmond with the remaining 60 positions terminated in offices in other countries.

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

Oct 10, 2001 COKE LAID OFF 2000???

Oct 10, 2001 PrivateLabelPorn.com closed. tsk tsk tsk. What a shame. NOT!

Oct 10, 2001 VirginMega.com laid off 8.

Oct 10, 2001 Oxygen laid off 40 & closing ThriveOnline.com & Trackers.net.

Oct 10, 2001 Fry not buying bankrupt Egghead.com (fries with that egg?)

Oct 10, 2001 MobileStar, wireless broadband company, closed. Laid off everyone

Oct 10, 2001 Netcentives closed.

Oct 10, 2001 24/7 laid off sales & traffic people from NYC office.

Oct 10, 2001 CommerceOne - Half of staff laid off soon.

Oct 10, 2001 Akamai's San Diego office closing soon.

-- Paul (skypilot99@aol.com), October 10, 2001.

Kimpton hotels cut staff 10 per cent

San Francisco's Kimpton Group of boutique-style hotels and upscale restaurants said yesterday it has laid off 600 people -- about 10 percent of its employees nationally -- in the wake of a sharp decline in its business since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

The layoffs affect about 300 San Francisco employees, including about 10 people in the company's 222 Kearny St. headquarters, said Steve Pinetti, Kimpton's senior vice president for sales and marketing. San Francisco is the largest market for Kimpton, which has 2,785 hotel rooms in the city.

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

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