Thousands of jobs to go: Alcoa
Alcoa to cut 13,500 jobs worldwide
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US-based aluminium giant Alcoa says it will slash some 13,500 jobs, or 13 per cent or its global workforce, and reduce output to cope with the global economic downturn.
UK retail giant Marks and Spencer to slash jobs
One of the UK's biggest retailers, Marks and Spencer, is set to slash its workforce as the recession takes hold.
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German billionaire Adolf Merckle has committed suicide after his business empire ran into trouble in the global economic slowdown.
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