Emploi, un lundi noir avec la perte de 70 000 postes...
Corporate ax hits over 70,000 in US, Europe
Among the largest cuts announced on Monday:
* Drugmaker Pfizer Inc, which is acquiring rival Wyeth, plans to cut 15 percent of the companies' combined 130,000 workers -- about 19,500 jobs.
* Caterpillar Inc, the world's largest maker of heavy equipment, plans to lay off 17,000 workers and buy out 2,500 others to cut costs.
* U.S. mobile phone service provider Sprint Nextel Corp plans to reduce staff by 8,000, or 14 percent of its work force.
* Home Depot Inc, the world's largest home improvement retailer, said it would eliminate 7,000 jobs, or 2 percent of its work force, as it closes its Expo home design unit.
* Amsterdam-based banking and insurance group ING said it plans to cut 7,000 jobs to save $1.3 billion (1 billion euros) in 2009.
* Dutch conglomerate Philips Electronics will cut 6,000 jobs after reporting its first loss since 2003.
* Corus, Europe's No. 2 steelmaker, said it would cut 3,500 jobs worldwide, 8 percent of its work force.
* Spanish steel producer Acerinox said it may temporarily lay off workers at its Spanish factory, which employs 2,500 people, if demand does not improve.
* General Motors Corp plans to lay off 2,000 workers at two assembly plants in Michigan and Ohio and temporarily idle another nine North American assembly plants in response to weak demand.
+ nec aujourd'hui:
TOKYO (AFP)- Le fabricant de composants électroniques japonais NEC Tokin a annoncé mardi la suppression de 9.450 postes dans le monde, dont 450 au Japon, dans le cadre d'une restructuration face à la mauvaise conjoncture.
NEC Tokin a précisé qu'il allait lancer en mars un plan de départs volontaires au Japon en espérant que 450 personnes y répondront.
Parmi tant d'autres depuis des semaines.
