"Sony will cut 8,000 jobs as sales sags" by Bloomberg News | December 10, 2008
TOKYO - Sony Corp., the second-biggest consumer-electronics maker, plans to cut 8,000 full-time jobs as consumers curb spending on televisions, game machines, and music players. The reductions represent 5 percent of the electronics workforce at Sony, and the company will also cut another 8,000 seasonal and part-time jobs. Sony said it will curtail investments, farm out production, and move away from unprofitable businesses by March 2010 to save more than $1.1 billion a year....
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But with the tv off, you won't be able to watch the football game!
NEW YORK - The NFL pays its players billions of dollars a year and fans pack its stadiums every week. But even the deep-pocketed league is shedding jobs. Commissioner Roger Goodell said yesterday the league is cutting more than 10 percent of its staff in response to the downturn in the nation's economy that could put a dent in ticket sales for next season....
Awwwwww, what a shame!
The NFL long has been regarded as one of the wealthiest pro sports leagues on the planet.... But now it joins the NBA, NASCAR teams, and the company that runs Major League Baseball's Internet division in disclosing layoffs. The NHL hasn't laid off workers, though it is in a hiring freeze, a spokesman said yesterday....
Oh, football just another game now? Good!! Maybe AmeriKans will finally get their heads out of their asses and take a look at what is going on around them!!!!
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