The following chart is a selection of some first-quarter announcements of job cuts since the beginning of the year. Some numbers are estimates.

 
   Company Name              Date of      Number of      Percent                           
                           Announcement    Jobs Cut     Work Force 
   Caterpillar -j          01/30/2009      22,110        N/A 
   Baldwin Technology      01/30/2009          80         12% 
   American Axle           01/30/2009       3,000         N/A 
   Pep Boys                01/30/2009          50         N/A 
   KCOM Group Plc          01/30/2009         150         N/A 
   Chartered Semiconductor 01/29/2009         600          8% 
   Alexza Pharmaceuticals  01/29/2009          52         33% 
   International Game Tech 01/29/2009         200         10% 
   Charles Schwab Corp.    01/29/2009     500-600        3.7%-4.5% 
   Chico's FAS             01/29/2009         180         11% -i 
   Eddie Bauer Holdings    01/29/2009         193         15% -h 
   Black & Decker          01/29/2009       1,200          5% 
   Bon-Ton Stores Inc.     01/29/2009       1,150          3% 
   Zygo Corp               01/29/2009          NA          7% 
   Accuray Inc.            01/29/2009          60         13% -g 
   Broadcom Corp.          01/29/2009         300          3% 
   Eastman Kodak           01/29/2009       4,500         18% 
   AstraZeneca             01/29/2009       7,400         11% 
   Ford Motor Credit       01/28/2009       1,200         20% 
   Analogic Corp.          01/28/2009         140          9% 
   Ferro Corp.             01/28/2009         125          2% -f 
   Avocent Corp.           01/28/2009         170          8% 
   Boeing Co.              01/28/2009      10,000          6% -d 
   Bowne & Co.             01/28/2009        200           6% 
   Sepracor Inc.           01/28/2009        530          20% 
   Allstate Corp.          01/28/2009      1,000 -e      2.6% 
   Cabot Corp.             01/28/2009        500          12% 
   Skyworks Solutions      01/28/2009        150           4% 
   Citrix Systems          01/28/2009        N/A          10% 
   Jabil Circuit           01/28/2009      3,000        4.92% 
   AOL                     01/28/2009        700          10% 
   Starbucks               01/28/2009      6,700           4% 
   SAP                     01/28/2009      3,000           6% 
   STMicroelectronics      01/28/2009      4,500           9% 
   Avery Dennison          01/27/2009      N/A            10% 
   Baker Hughes            01/27/2009      1,500           4% 
   Corning                 01/27/2009      3,500          13% 
   Cooper Industries       01/27/2009      2,200           7% 
   Clariant                01/27/2009      1,000           5% 
   Texas Instruments       01/26/2009      3,400          12% 
   Home Depot              01/26/2009      7,000           2% 
   Sprint Nextel           01/26/2009      8,000          13% 
   Pfizer                  01/26/2009      8,300          10% 
   ING                     01/26/2009      7,000           5% 
   Philips Electronics     01/26/2009      6,000           5% 
   Corus                   01/26/2009      3,500          10% 
   Harley-Davidson         01/23/2009      1,100          11% 
   Microsoft               01/22/2009      5,000           5% 
   Huntsman                01/22/2009      1,175           9% 
   Intel                   01/21/2009      6,000 -c        7% 
   UAL                     01/21/2009      1,000           2% 
   Eaton                   01/20/2009      5,200           6% 
   Bose                    01/20/2009      1,000          10% 
   Rohm & Haas             01/20/2009      900           5.7% 
   Clear Channel           01/20/2009      1,850           9% 
   ConocoPhillips          01/16/2009      1,300           4% 
   Circuit City            01/16/2009      34,000        100% -a 
   Pfizer                  01/16/2009      3,200 -b        3% 
   AMD                     01/16/2009      1,100           9% 
   Hertz Global Holdings   01/16/2009      4,000          13% 
   Wellpoint               01/16/2009      1,500         3.6% 
   Saks                    01/15/2009      1,100           9% 
   MeadWestvaco            01/15/2009      2,000          10% 
   Autodesk                01/15/2009      750            10% 
   Motorola                01/14/2009      4,000           6% 
   Barclays                01/14/2009      2,100         1.3% 
   Neiman Marcus           01/13/2009      375             3% 
   Cummins                 01/13/2009      800             2% 
   Seagate Technology      01/12/2009      800            10% 
   Cessna                  01/12/2009      2,000          N/A 
   Walgreen                01/08/2009      1,000           9% 
   Lenovo Group            01/08/2009      2,500          11% 
   EMC                     01/07/2009      2,400           7% 
   Logitech International  01/06/2009      500             5% 
   Alcoa                   01/06/2009      15,000       14.5% 
   Cigna                   01/05/2009      1,100           4% 
 
   a. Company in liquidation 
   b. Includes announcements of 2,400 cuts on Jan. 16 and 800 layoffs on Jan. 
     13. 
   c. Number of employees affected by plant closures, not all will lose jobs 
   d. Includes Jan. 9 announcement of 4,500 layoffs from commercial-airplane staff 
   e. Reductions to come over the next two years 
   f. Cut in Limoges, France manufacturing plant 
   g. Percentage of U.S. work force 
   h. Percentage of non-retail staff 
   i. Percentage of headquarters staff 
   j. Includes 20,000 job cuts announced Jan. 26 and 2,110 announced Jan. 30

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