Job cuts mount as year-end nears (CNN Money)
The nation's job market, in the final month of a brutal 2008, was dealt a savage blow Thursday when five major companies - AT&T Inc., DuPont Co., Viacom Inc., Credit Suisse Group and Avis Budget Group - announced job cuts that total 22,850.
San Jose police arrested drunks but failed to use sobering station (San Jose Mercury News)
Although San Jose police arrest and detain more people for being drunk in public than any city in California, a sobering station that would have provided a more humane and some say more effective approach to the problem shut down in 2003 due to the disinterest of local law enforcement.
Business (The West Australian)
Central banks around the globe upped the ante sharply on Thursday with a series of dramatic interest rate slashes to fight a deepening recession as fresh job cuts were announced by companies worldwide.
'Business in the Burbs': Job losses are the worst in 7 years (The Journal News)
When Citigroup Inc. recently announced plans to cut about 52,000 jobs worldwide in coming months, it was the biggest downsizing announced this year by a company with a major presence in the Lower Hudson Valley.
*vwd/BUSINESS WIRE: Worldwide Survey by OpinionWay for AFP and relaxnews (vwd.de)
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