Target, full blown layoff + closing all stores Timmies, layoffs @ HQ IBM, potential 110k layoffs world-wide, find out this week? CIBC, rumoured 10% laid off Ontario MDs 2.65% paycut
Suncor has stated they're reducing R&D spending by $1B. Apple has stated currency swings have cost them $3.73B alone for this quarter... No layoffs doe.
IBM layoff packages (might be US packages only, unsure):
Lump sum payment equivalent to one week of pay for each fully completed six months of service based on most recent date of hire, with a minimum of two weeks and up to a maximum of 26 weeks. 6 months transition for medical.
Another source says 1wk/yr: Have not seen it yet but apparently the standard package—1 week per year max 26 weeks.
Suncor has stated they're reducing R&D spending by $1B. Apple has stated currency swings have cost them $3.73B alone for this quarter... No layoffs doe.
Various O&G companies closing up rigs or not opening new ones due to price of oil.
Originally Posted By: SilverSiR2
None of those are related to oil.
Apple holds probably 150 billion dollars overseas right now that they haven't repatriated to avoid taxes, so 4 billion is nothing.
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