Jun 12 - By Emily Fredrix, AP Writer
Thirty-one percent of U.S. companies intend to increase staffing levels in the third quarter this year, on par with last quarter, according to a survey of 16,000 employers prepared for release Tuesday.
Jun 2 - By Associated Press
Dell Inc. announced Friday it will add up to 1,000 jobs in Tennessee as it expands customer service operations.
May 31 - By Dan Goodin, AP Technology Writer
Sun Microsystems Inc. shares fell nearly 4 percent Thursday, a day after CEO Jonathan Schwartz announced a plan to shave up to $590 million in annual costs with as many as 5,000 job cuts.
May 23 - By Associated Press
Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin went on a mission Tuesday to save jobs at an EADS plant slated for closure, and the company quickly reacted, saying its board has told management to look for ways to find jobs for some 300 employees.
May 10 - By Associated Press
Whirlpool Corp. said Wednesday it will eliminate 4,500 jobs by closing three plants and consolidating corporate offices and other sites following its purchase of rival appliance maker Maytag Corp.
May 8 - By Associated Press
Steve Jobs, the former chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios Inc., has received shares in The Walt Disney Co. worth $3.9 billion as part of Disney's acquisition of Pixar, according to a regulatory filing Monday.
May 3 - By Associated Press
Struggling Borland Software Corp. on Wednesday announced plans to lay off 300 employees, or about 20 percent of its work force, in a cost-cutting move aimed at reversing the company's recent losses.
Apr 30 - By Nancy Zuckerbrod, AP Writer
When her husband's Air Force job took him to Colorado, Vydia Torres became a cashier just so she could join him even though her resume included stints as Puerto Rico's housing secretary and the head of a nonprofit group.
Apr 24 - By Associated Press
Avon Products Inc. said Monday it will fire 1,300 workers by the end of the year and record $70 million in charges in the first quarter in connection with its previously announced restructuring.
Apr 24 - By Jean-Marie Godard, AP Writer
Students returned to classes past police vans Monday as the landmark Sorbonne University in Paris reopened after being closed for six weeks amid protests of a youth labor law that mired France in crisis.
Apr 18 - By Associated Press
Sikorsky Aircraft announced a nationwide campaign Tuesday to recruit more than 300 engineers to meet growing demand for the company's military and civilian helicopters and services.
Apr 15 - By Julie Watson, AP Writer
When Pedro Lopez Vazquez crossed illegally into the United States last week, he was not heading north to look for a job. He already had one.
Apr 13 - By Emmanuel Georges-Picot, AP Writer
The upper house of France's parliament on Thursday approved a revision of a youth job law that brought thousands of students and union members into the streets, completing an embarrassing reversal for President Jacques Chirac's government.
Apr 12 - By Nathalie Schuck, AP Writer
France's lower house of parliament on Wednesday approved a compromise youth job plan to replace a measure that triggered nationwide protests and plunged the country into crisis.
Apr 10 - By Christine Ollivier, AP Writer
President Jacques Chirac caved in to protesters on Monday, canceling a law on youth employment that fueled nationwide unrest and raising questions about France's ability to reform rigid labor laws in a globalized world.
Apr 6 - By Associated Press
DaimlerChrysler AG said Thursday that 7,800 employees have agreed to leave its Mercedes Car Group, bringing it close to its target of 8,500 voluntary job cuts in Germany.
Apr 4 - By Marcus Kabel, AP Business Writer
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., often accused by critics of harming local businesses, announced Tuesday it plans to build more than 50 stores in struggling urban neighborhoods over the next two years to create jobs and help small establishments.
Apr 3 - By Elaine Ganley, AP Writer
The two leading men of France — President Jacques Chirac and Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin — are embroiled in a crisis over a new jobs law that has turned the streets into protest zones, hobbled high schools and universities and is now taking its toll at the top.
Mar 31 - By The Associated Press, AP Writer
A look at a new labor law that has prompted protests across France:
Mar 21 - By Angela Doland, AP Writer
When student demonstrators in France wear trash bags to protests, their message is: "We're not disposable." They're angry about a new government job plan that will allow employers to fire them more easily. But that's just the tipping point.
Mar 15 - By Associated Press
Kimberly-Clark Corp. said Wednesday it plans to close a diaper plant and distribution center and either close or sell another mill, moves that could affect nearly 700 workers.
Mar 14 - By Associated Press
Thirty percent of U.S. companies intend to increase staffing levels in the second quarter this year, according to a survey of 16,000 employers prepared for release Tuesday.
Mar 13 - By Associated Press
BellSouth Corp. said Monday that it was updating a voluntary severance offer to 1,300 managers to bring it in line with a plan that will be part of its proposed $67 billion merger with AT&T; Inc.
Mar 12 - By Jamey Keaten, AP Writer
Scores of students stormed one of Paris' most elite schools Monday, hurling stones and cinder blocks at riot police in the latest protest against a government plan to reduce France's sky-high unemployment rate among young adults.
Feb 14 - By Libby Quaid, AP Writer
The high cost of sugar in the United States has driven thousands of candy jobs abroad, the Bush administration said in a Valentine's Day report.
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