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    January 16, 2008

    The U.S. economy struggles and more employers announce major job cuts in a trend that started last year.

    Here is the latest news of job cuts:

    • IndyMac Bancorp is cutting its workforce by 24 percent -- laying off more than 2,400 employees
    • Citigroup plans to eliminate about 4,200 jobs
    • Sprint Nextel announced plans to layoff "several thousand" employees (after eliminating 5,000 jobs last year)
    • Bank of America is cutting 650 corporate and investment banking jobs
    • Applied Materials, Inc., is reducing its workforce by 7 percent and cutting 1,000 jobs

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