Small business owners didn't celebrate the holidays by hiring in December, the National Federation of Independent Business said Thursday. A survey of small business owners last month found a decline in average employment of 0.5 workers per firm, or flat...
Dell said this morning that it is going to buy Plano-based Perot Systems for $3.9 billion, and the talk has already turned to cost-cutting. From the story I filed this morning: In a conference call Monday morning, top executives from...
MAY 5: SEE NEW JOB CUT NUMBERS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST Based on some reports I'd received from insiders at Perot, I contacted the company on Friday to see whether there had been any job cuts locally...
Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. tracks many job and workplace statistics. The outplacement firm's frequent reports offer glimpses of the employment situation from many angles. One such snapshot is its report on the number of planned job cuts announced by...
God bless the Hoosiers, but it's just something you don't see too often: A big defense contractor shifting jobs FROM North Texas TO Indiana, but BAE Systems is about to do just that. Our brief: Global defense contractor BAE Systems...
On the heels of today's Labor Department report showing the most job losses since 1974, Dallas-based 7-Eleven confirmed Friday that it's cutting 200 positions and will suspend 401(k) contributions to minimize further job losses. Maria Halkias has the full story....