Starbucks will lay off 6,700 people and close 300 stores
U.S. coffee chain Starbucks Corporation announced on January 28 that the company would lay off 6700 employees and close 300 stores, in response to sluggish economic situation.
According to reports, the Starbucks Corporation in July 2008 had announced to have large-scale layoffs and shop clearance plan. However, the company announced to stores and layoffs clearance on January 28.
Kyocera announced to lay off 250 employees in U.S. mobile phone division in San Diego
News on January 31, according to foreign media reports, the Japanese electronics maker Kyocera announced Friday to lay off 250 employees in handset division in the United States as part of the reorganization for the acquisition of Sanyo mobile phone business.
Kyocera spokesman said the layoffs would be sector started in San Diego Kyocera Wireless department. This layoff would involve all mobile phone sectors, but the engineering and production departments would be most affected.
Chip maker Freescale forced to increase the number of layoffs to 4,800 people
On January 31, according to foreign media reports, the chip maker Freescale recently said that as the global economic weakness and the urgent withdrawal from cell phone chip manufacturing operations, the company would lay off 20% of its employees, Freescale had announced in October last year to lay off 10% of the global employees.
However, the company will lay off 20% of its employees, which means Freescale will lay off 4800 people this round and is higher than the company previously announcement.
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