Word: layoffs
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...probably doesn't matter anymore. Whether consumers were watching their portfolios or reading layoff headlines or hearing rumors at work or just plain worried about that r-word everyone kept warning them about, they weren't spending. And when consumers account for two thirds of U.S. economic activity, you don't need to find out why they're depressed - you just do what you can to cheer them...
...rising unemployment, weak stock prices, and a daily drumbeat of low corporate earnings and big layoff announcements, with Cisco and Texas Instruments the latest. There's cutbacks in retail sales, and now housing. The cumulative set of statistics that we've seen lately may very well indicate that there is a recession getting under way right...
...percent of those surveyed expected there to be more jobs available in the future, rather than less, up from 10.8 percent in February. And 20 percent expected fewer jobs to be available, down from 26 percent in February. I think that 4.2 number really put all the layoff headlines in perspective...
...layoff benefits us," sophomore forward Brett Nowak said. "We're going to be healthy and we're going to be home, but we've still got a lot of tough teams to play against...
...game also represented a chance for the Crimson to return to game form after a two-week layoff due to exams and intercession...