GenevaLunch » layoffs http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:16:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Novartis 2,000 job cuts in US result of patent ending, new drug demand fall http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/13/novartis-1600-job-cuts-in-us-result-of-patent-ending/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/13/novartis-1600-job-cuts-in-us-result-of-patent-ending/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:48:05 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=65219 GenevaLunch.com BASEL, SWITZERLAND – Novartis will be cutting close to 2,000 jobs in the US, in New Jersey, as the result of an expected fall in demand for a relatively new medicine and the expiry of the patent for another, the company announced Friday 13 January in Basel. The sales force will lose 1,630 jobs and [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/13/novartis-1600-job-cuts-in-us-result-of-patent-ending/feed/ 0 Cisco rumoured to be slashing up to 10,000 jobs http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/14/cisco-rumoured-to-be-slashing-up-to-10000-jobs/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/14/cisco-rumoured-to-be-slashing-up-to-10000-jobs/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 07:52:17 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=59702 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Cisco, which has three Swiss offices, including one in Rolle in canton Vaud, was busy presenting its latest products at Cisco Live in Las Vegas, Nevada Wednesday 13 July while the business rumour mill was grinding out stories about expected layoffs that could be as high as 10,000, according to Bloomberg Monday, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/14/cisco-rumoured-to-be-slashing-up-to-10000-jobs/feed/ 0 Cuba to shed 500,000 state employees http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/09/14/cuba-to-shed-500000-state-employees/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/09/14/cuba-to-shed-500000-state-employees/#comments Tue, 14 Sep 2010 06:43:11 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=46983 GenevaLunch.com The Cuban government will lay off half a million state employees over the next six months, the confederation of  trade unions announced 13 September in the official newspaper, Granma. The measure is being taken in order to improve efficiency in the state sector, which employs about 5 million people. The government hopes to find jobs [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/09/14/cuba-to-shed-500000-state-employees/feed/ 0 Pfizer lays off 6,000 in major restructuring http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/05/19/pfizer-lays-off-6000-in-major-restructuring/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/05/19/pfizer-lays-off-6000-in-major-restructuring/#comments Wed, 19 May 2010 06:10:19 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=42043 GenevaLunch.com Drug company Pfizer, in what it describes as a major restructuring, will lay off some 6,000 workers worldwide. Ireland’s Pfizer operations will cut 785 jobs. The news comes as 1,200 people marched in Dublin to demand a right-to-work programme, just as the European Commission told Ireland it can expect to be asked to make more [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/05/19/pfizer-lays-off-6000-in-major-restructuring/feed/ 0 Metalor closing watch, gold production http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/02/11/metalor-closing-watch-gold-production/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/02/11/metalor-closing-watch-gold-production/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:21:33 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=36964 GenevaLunch.com Neuchatel, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Metalor, Neuchatel-based international company in precious metals and gold, will be laying off 110 people as it closes its watches and jewelry division. The company says it failed to find a buyer after it was strongly affected by the combination of a weak watch industry in 2009 plus the watch industry [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/02/11/metalor-closing-watch-gold-production/feed/ 0 Swiss newspaper prices go up http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/23/swiss-newspaper-prices-go-up/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/23/swiss-newspaper-prices-go-up/#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:07:25 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=34338 GenevaLunch.com Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The cost of subscribing to a Swiss daily newspaper will rise in 2010, between 1 and 11 percent, to keep in step with increased costs and lower advertising revenues. The rise is even greater in reality in some cases such as the NZZ, when a mid-2009 increase is taken into account, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/23/swiss-newspaper-prices-go-up/feed/ 0 CFF to cut back 300-350 jobs in 2010 http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/20/cff-to-cut-back-300-350-jobs-in-2010/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/20/cff-to-cut-back-300-350-jobs-in-2010/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:26:22 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=31979 GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Switzerland’s national railway company CFF plans to cut between 300-350 administrative jobs in the infrastructure division, its spokesperson Reto Kormann said 20 November. It hopes to save CHF60 million a year. The company will not lay off anyone: the jobs will be eliminated by attrition and internal reassignment. Links to other [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/20/cff-to-cut-back-300-350-jobs-in-2010/feed/ 0 Le Matin staff turn out to support photographers as layoffs loom http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/04/le-matin-staff-turn-out-to-support-photographers-as-layoffs-loom/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/04/le-matin-staff-turn-out-to-support-photographers-as-layoffs-loom/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:14:33 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=30939 GenevaLunch.com Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Staff at Le Matin protested in front of the Edipresse tower in Lausanne Tuesday in solidarity with photographers at the newspaper, particularly hard hit by the layoffs that the company is planning. Edipresse is the largest private media company in French-speaking Switzerland. It announced 9 October that it would lay off [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/04/le-matin-staff-turn-out-to-support-photographers-as-layoffs-loom/feed/ 0 Edipresse to lay off 100 as Swiss media industry outlook continues bleak http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/09/edipresse-to-lay-off-100-as-swiss-media-industry-outlook-continues-bleak/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/09/edipresse-to-lay-off-100-as-swiss-media-industry-outlook-continues-bleak/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:55:40 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=29570 GenevaLunch.com Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Edipresse, the largest media company in French-speaking Switzerland, announced Friday 9 October that it will cut nearly 10 percent of its workforce: 100 jobs, with half in its print units, some 30 journalists’ positions and the rest in production. The company has 1,124 full-time equivalent positions in Switzerland. Half of its [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/09/edipresse-to-lay-off-100-as-swiss-media-industry-outlook-continues-bleak/feed/ 2 British transport: London subway strike scheduled Tuesday evening, BA seeks job cuts http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/06/09/london-subway-strike-scheduled-tuesday-evening/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/06/09/london-subway-strike-scheduled-tuesday-evening/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:21:11 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=19750 GenevaLunch.com Subway trains in London, England are likely to come to a halt for two days, with drivers on strike from 19:00 Tuesday 9 June until late Thursday. Their union is calling for higher pay. PR-Inside British Airways last week told staff that it is seeking 2,000 voluntary redundancies among the 14,000 flight crew members, raising [...]

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