| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : MARCH 22, 1999 ISSUE | ||||||||
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| INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Job Losses at Japan Inc. SONY GROUP Will shed 17,000 workers over four years NEC Plan is to ax 15,000 jobs worldwide over three years HITACHI Has already made 4,000 cuts--and more are coming SAKURA BANK Some 4,200 jobs will be gone by April, 2003 OMRON The maker of electronics components wants to lose 2,000 positions TOYO ENGINEERING Has to shrink its payroll 29%, so 400 staffers will go OJI PAPER Has to get rid of 1,500 people over three years DATA: COMPANY REPORTS, BUSINESS WEEK _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
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