Unemployment

Planned firings fell 72 percent in November to 50,349 from 181,671 during the same month last year, a Chicago-based placement firm said. Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. said planning firings were also down 9.6 percent from October.
The firm's CEO said that "barring any unexpected shocks to the economy, we appear to be coming out of the woods when it comes to downsizing.

Dec 2 · 1:30:00 PM
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by Larry Etter