huge amount of layoff announcements today. We should

be grateful if we still have a job instead of fighting here for nonsense political and/or international level stuff.

PFIZER: 8000 (20000 total)
GM : 2000
HD : 7000
CAT : 5000
SPRINT: 8000
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= 30000 (42000)

Plus recent memory of Circuity city: 32000
Intel: 6000
microsoft: 5000
....






http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090126/ap_on_bi_ge/business_outlook