Job Numbers

With the economy tanking, companies are looking to cut staff to reduce costs. Here are a few:

Cirque du Soleil to lay off 400 employees(Canada)

United Tech's Pratt arm laying off 350 staffers

Anglo American Platinum to lay off 14,000, unions threaten strikes(Australia)

Air Berlin to cut 900 jobs in savings drive(Germany)

Atmel Corp. lays off 140 more in Colorado Springs

Brookstone lays off 3 percent of workforce

American Express to slash 5,400 jobs

Report: Time to Axe 700 Jobs Next Month, Save $100M

Morgan Stanley Said to Plan 1,600 Investment-Banking Job Cuts

And these are just a handful of the ones I found through Google. We are in the middle of a deep recession and the idiots keep thinking it's turning around, that we have to spend more money and be patient -- Obungler's grand plan is working...