Hewlett-Packard would double its services work force to 65,000 people, moving the company from No. 8 to No. 3 in size.
The new workers will represent an 8.3percentt increase to Hewlett-Packard's 30,000-person services work force, which installs and maintains companies' computer networks.
With the new round of cuts, Nokia intends to shrink its devices and services work force, which stood at 59,150 at the end of June, by approximately 18 percent through next year.
Children's Place, which like many retailers has suffered from a tough economic environment that has made consumers more reluctant to spend, said it would cut 80 jobs of its shared-services work force and not fill 50 open positions as part of the plan to exit the Disney Stores business.
Immigrants make up at least 20percentt of the service's work force.
Because of Foreign Office cuts to current World Service funding, the BBC announced last year that it would reduce the Service's work force by about a quarter, losing 650 employees.
As I depart Langley, I want you to know that it has been the greatest of privileges to have served with you, the officers of our Nation's Silent Service, a work force that is truly exceptional in every regard.
"By making sensible pension reforms that won't impact a single current employee or existing retiree, this legislation will create $30 billion in savings over the next 30 years for the city, which will ensure we can afford the services and work force that city residents depend on," Mr. Bloomberg said in a statement.
Last year, the Postal Service warned Congress that unless legislation was passed to overhaul its finances, it would have to start far-reaching cuts in service and its work force or face a possible default.
