Over the summer, Goldman said that it would wring out $1.2 billion in costs from its operations by mid-2012, a move that eliminated more than 1,000 jobs.
BERLIN — Ericsson and STMicroelectronics announced plans on Monday to dissolve their unprofitable four-year-old Swiss venture, ST-Ericsson, a move that may eliminate 1,600 jobs worldwide.
ConAgra said it would close a Butterball turkey processing plant in Wallace, N.C., a move that will eliminate 450 jobs, and will transfer production to a Midwest plant.
The drug maker Schering-Plough will cut at least 10percentt of its payroll expenses in a move that could eliminate more than 3,000 jobs.
If the experiment succeeds, Ford will repeat it in Salt Lake City and then beyond.Chrysler, meanwhile, is consolidating its Chrysler-Plymouth and Jeep-Eagle divisions, a move that could eliminate hundreds of dealerships across the country.
DETROIT — General Motors said Monday that it would slash production of big trucks and sport utility vehicles by nearly 140,000 units this year, a move that would eliminate assembly shifts at four plants and cause about 3,550 workers to be laid off.
Property managers and lawyers who represent condos say that some are even talking about whether they could legally require board approval for apartment sales, a move that would eliminate what many buyers consider a condo's biggest appeal.
PRIME TANNING CO., Rochester, N.H., a leather processing company, said it would close its plants in Rochester and in Berwick, Me., by the end of the year, a move that would eliminate 550 jobs.
Citing high rates of graffiti, the City Council voted on Monday to gradually ban the use of roll-down metal security gates, a move that would eliminate what has been an enduring if forbidding feature of the urban streetscape.
