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Article: Product Makers Eliminate 500-Plus Jobs as Economy, Consumer Reluctance Slow Demand
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- Orange County Business Journal
- Article date:
- June 8, 2009
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CopyrightCopyright CBJ, L. P. Jun 8-Jun 14, 2009. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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No surprises here- Orange County's biggest makers of computer products shed more than 500 jobs in the past year as consumers and businesses have halted technology spending and compames look to cut costs.
The largest 25 computer products companies here cut local workers 7% in the past year to 7,270 people, according to this week's Business Journal list.
Three compames were up in workers, seven reported declines and three were flat The list includes estimates for 12 companies.
No. 1 Western Digital Corp., a Lake Forestbased disk drive maker, was one of the three compames to buck the overall trend, adding jobs for the second year in a row.
The company added 1 SO workers to its local ranks with ...