Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Misery Loves Company (Aug. 13)

Longoria Leaves IBM Micro, Goes Back to "Desperate Housewives"

Eva Longoria, who also has a doctorate in electrical engineering, leaves IBM to concentrate on "acting."

Lumber Co. Lays Off Last 12 Employees, Celebrate by Clear-Cutting National Monument

Stimson Lumber Company in Montana will cease operations, 25 years after being told the lumber industry wasn't sustainable.

Wachovia Lays Off 600, Will Only Make Loans for $5

"Sure it sounds stupid, but it's about volume," said CEO Bryce McBucks.

Spreckels Sugar Co. Laying Off 202, Nutrasweet does fist-pump of Victory

Spreckels Closes Mendota, Calif. plant leaving a town without refined, processed sweetness. Residents protest possible drop in rate of diabetes.

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