Ford plans major layoffs amid restructuring and losses
Ford Motor Co plans about 35,000 layoffs as part of a $4 billionOne-time charge to fund a restructuring aimed at returning to profitability after a third straight quarterly loss. The plan includes suspending manager bonuses and halting 401 k matches, with thousands already cut via buyouts and early retirements.
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New York Stock Exchange
North America
William Clay Ford Jr
Nick Scheele
United States
Canadian Auto Workers Union
Ontario
CAW
Buzz Hargrove
David Healy
Burnham Securities
Wall Street
Scheele
Continental
Nissan
Jacques Nasser
General Motors Corp
Robert Lutz
Daimler-Chrysler AG
Chrysler Group
Hockey father convicted of involuntary manslaughter
Thomas Junta, a 44 year old Cambridge area truck driver, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for beating Michael Costin to death during a youth hockey practice altercation. The trial drew national attention to parental aggression at sporting events. Costin died from a ruptured neck artery a day after the July 5 incident at the Burbank Ice Arena in Reading.
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Thomas Junta
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Richard Rotberg
Michael Costin
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Quinlan
Burbank
Reading
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Martha Coakley
Enron seeks high level help in fraud case
The Justice Department named Joshua Hochberg as acting U S attorney for the Enron case and Leslie Caldwell to head a national white collar crime task force. Atty Gen Ashcroft recused himself. Treasury noted Lay contacted several officials before Enron’s bankruptcy as administrators deny aiding Enron and employees face mass layoffs and retirement losses.
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Kenneth Lay
Bush
Treasury
Paul O'Neill
Commerce
Don Evans
Federal Reserve
Alan Greenspan
Energy
Spencer Abraham
Jeanne Lopatto
Lay
Lopatto
Abraham
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