More state job eliminations could be coming as departments look to reduce spending as part of a mandate by Gov. Larry Hogan. Hogan and the Board of Public Works last week delayed action on the elimination of 63 human resources ...

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More than five dozen current employees of the state Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services could lose their jobs as part of a consolidation plan that will be considered Thursday by the Board of Public Works. The proposal calls ...

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The ongoing clash between Dimensions Healthcare System and the union representing the system’s hospital workers continued Monday, as union representatives forecast hundreds of layoffs while Dimensions officials brushed aside that claim as nonsense.

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Tribune Co. says it's eliminating about 700 jobs as part of a restructuring of its newspaper business.

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WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told Congress on Wednesday that if automatic government spending cuts kick in on March 1 he may have to shorten the workweek for the “vast majority” of the Defense Department’s 800,000 civilian workers. They ...

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NEW YORK — Hewlett-Packard is planning to cut about 2,000 more jobs than it had previously announced, as CEO Meg Whitman tries to turn the company around. In a regulatory filing Monday, the computer and printer maker says it will ...

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PHILADELPHIA — The union representing journalists at Philadelphia’s two largest newspapers says it might challenge the latest round of newsroom layoffs. Philadelphia Media Network plans to cut 45 positions at The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News and Philly.com this month. ...

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LONDON — British banking group HSBC said Monday it will cut 30,000 jobs worldwide by 2013 and sell almost half its retail bank branches in the U.S., part of a new strategy to focus on fast-growing emerging markets. The bank, ...

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Merck & Co. plans to cut as many as 13,000 more jobs under a new round of restructuring as the drugmaker prepares for generic competition for its top-selling drug and slower revenue growth in the U.S. and Europe. The announcement ...

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