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CROSS-CULTURAL TRAINING
Not Just for Expats Anymore
By Michelle V. Rafter
As companies diversify their workforces and expand internationally, they’re offering more cross-cultural training and using online tools to do it.
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52,000 MAY NOT BE ENOUGH
Layoffs at Citigroup Short of Record
November 18, 2008 1:30 PM PT
The cutbacks figure to have a severe impact on the New York economy, considering that Citi is the city’s second-largest private employer, behind only the New York-Presbyterian Healthcare System.
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MORE JOB CUTS
Fidelity Announces Second Wave of Layoffs
November 17, 2008 6:55 AM PT
Combined with the 1,300 job cuts announced November 6, the second wave will bring the number of layoffs to 3,000, representing 7 percent of the fund firm’s total workforce.
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