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Michelle Adams has joined Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP as senior counsel in the firm’s San Diego office. She joins the firm’s labor and employment, and More

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Canaccord Capital Inc. (TSX:CCI) disclosed Thursday that it is laying off about 10 per cent of its workforce, or about 170 jobs, and cutting the salaries of More

Credit card giant American Express will cut 7,000 jobs; that’s about 10 percent of its global work force. A spokeswoman for American Express told Eyewitness News that the number of More

NEW YORK – Wall Street displayed some welcome signs of stability Thursday, pushing the Dow Jones industrial average up nearly 190 points in a relatively calm session despite some More

Defence Personnel Minister Warren Snowdon says the number of women in the Defence Force is “simply not acceptable.” In a statement released before the Defence Force’s 17th ’round More

Labour’s bad-times allowance would effectively give a working couple $2000 if one of them is made redundant – but single workers and couples with a non-working partner would get More

SYDNEY, Oct 31 (Reuters) – The following Australian economic indicators and events are scheduled for the next two weeks. —–Week starting Oct 27 More

Grainger is the leading broad-line supplier of facilities maintenance and other related products in North America. Grainger distributes a wide range of products used by businesses More

CNW Group: CIBT Education Group Inc. (AMEX: MBA; TSX.V: MBA) (“CIBT”) is pleased to report that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Thompson Rivers University More

Canaccord Cuts 170 Jobs, Trims Executive Salaries (Update2) (Bloomberg)
Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) — Canaccord Capital Inc. , Canada’s largest independent brokerage, cut 10 percent of its workforce, or about 170 jobs, and reduced executive salaries by as much as 20 percent as the global credit crisis erodes stock sales and takeovers.
Source: www.bloomberg.com

Miller’s Legg Mason Unit to Cut Jobs as Assets Fall (Update2) (Bloomberg)
Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) — Legg Mason Inc. plans to cut about one-third of the jobs at Legg Mason Capital Management, the first layoffs at its investment unit run by Bill Miller , after assets fell by 53 percent this year.
Source: www.bloomberg.com

American Express to cut 7,000 jobs (AP via Yahoo! News)
In a stark acknowledgment of the tough times ahead in the credit card industry, American Express Co. said Thursday that it plans to cut 7,000 jobs, or about 10 percent of its worldwide work force, in an effort to slash costs by $1.8 billion in 2009.
Source: news.yahoo.com

Legg Mason to Cut Up to 50 Jobs at Miller’s Unit (New York Times)
Legg Mason said Thursday that it would cut about one-third of the jobs at Legg Mason Capital Management, the first layoffs at its investment unit run by the fund manager Bill Miller, after its assets fell by 53 percent this year.
Source: dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com

American Express to cut 7,000 jobs, save $1.8 billion (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
American Express Co said on Thursday it will cut 7,000 jobs, slash expenses and scale back investments to save $1.8 billion next year, in its biggest restructuring since 2001 as it struggles with bad loans and surging funding costs.
Source: news.yahoo.com