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although that part of the law is seen as something of a gray area. Still, the mood at Wednesday's annual meeting was casual. Shareholders joined in a Happy Birthday chorus for Jobs, who was absent but turned 54 on Tuesday. In 2004, Jobs was treated for a rare type of pancreatic cancer. He appeared gaunt at an Apple event in June 2008, touching off speculation that his cancer had returned. The...

although that part of the law is seen as something of a gray area. Still, the mood at Wednesday's annual meeting was casual. Shareholders joined in a Happy Birthday chorus for Jobs, who was absent but turned 54 on Tuesday. In 2004, Jobs was treated for a rare type of pancreatic cancer. He appeared gaunt at an Apple event in June 2008, touching off speculation that his cancer had returned. The...

Apple's chief executive Steve Jobs remains deeply involved in company decisions despite relinquishing control over daily operations, company executives said on Wednesday.

Apple Inc's chief executive Steve Jobs remains deeply involved in company decisions despite relinquishing control over daily operations, company executives said on Wednesday.

management can say, 'The paper still came out every day ... we still have some fat left to cut,' said Jim Hopkins, a former Gannett journalist who now writes a blog about the company. Cornell's Blau agreed furloughs could offer employers a way to experiment with lower staffing while they're waiting for the economy to determine how much further they'll have to cut. Still, I don't think...

U.S. newspapers have done it. California police have too. Governments in California, New Jersey and Ohio say it will save the budget. Forcing workers to take unpaid time off is a new version of the American layoff.

Royal Bank of Scotland Plc is set to unveil up to 20,000 job losses next week as part of tough cost-cutting targets, the Financial Times reported on Saturday.

Delta Air Lines said on Thursday that it would grant voluntary buyouts to the more than 2,100 employees requesting them, but the number of job cuts could grow as the company assesses future labor needs. The world's largest airline previously said it would cut capacity by 6 percent to 8 percent this year as economic weakness erodes travel demand. Delta, which eliminated 4,000 jobs ...

Commercial printer Transcontinental Inc is slashing 1,500 jobs or about 10 percent of its workforce as a rapid deterioration of the economy forces its customers to cut back on marketing spending, it said on Wednesday.

California, which is on the brink of running out of cash, will notify 20,000 state workers on Tuesday their jobs may be eliminated, a spokesman for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said on Monday.

On Monday US fast-food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken said in a bid to boost the deep recession affecting Britain and Ireland it would create 9,000 jobs by 2014

UBS AG, Switzerland's largest bank, announced on Tuesday the highest annual loss in Swiss corporate history and plans to cut a further 2,000 investment banking jobs.

General Motors said on Tuesday that it will cut its global work force by nearly 10,000, or 14 percent, this year and impose pay cuts on most of the remaining jobs

The U.S. government's efforts to combat a declining economy and a financial industry burdened with heavy debts is reaching its climax this week as President Obama Barack Obama and Congress will put into motion plans to create or maintain jobs, provide tax cuts to consumers and businesses while making an attempt to free up the credit markets.

Panasonic Corp., the world's largest consumer-electronics maker, announced on Wednesday that it will cut about 15,000 jobs and says it expects to post its first loss in six years amid a global economic slump.

Securities regulators are likely to investigate issues surrounding the health of Apple chief executive Steve Jobs, according to a report on Friday.

Starbucks Corp, the world's largest chain of coffee shops ,said Wednesday it will close 300 stores and reduce as many as 6,700 jobs.

A United Nations agency predicted unemployment, working poor and vulnerable employment will increase dramatically due to the current global economic crisis.

Best Buy Co. and Target Corp. said Tuesday they are cutting jobs to reduce costs as they face lower consumer spending at their stores.

Armed with the 358 page iPhone patent awarded last week, Timothy Cook who runs Apple in Jobs' absence has now threatened Palm with legal action.

Corning Inc, the largest maker of liquid crystal display glass in the world, will cut 3,500 jobs or 13 percent of its workforce as demand for glass used in flat-panel television screens and computers declined.