Market Currents
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
7:44 AM
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Big companies announced 166,348 layoffs in December, 1/4 of them in the financial sector, up 275% from a year ago, Challenger says in its monthly report. For the year, companies announced 1.2M cuts, 59% more than 2007. Still, the number fell 8.4% from November's mammoth 181,670.