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Hewlett Packard To Lay Off Nearly 27,000 Jobs Due to Declining Profits

HP cuts 27,000 jobs

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Hewlett Packard To Lay Off Nearly 27,000 Jobs Due to Declining Profits

We are always sad to hear of job losses still happening in our country. Some of the biggest and most powerful companies are finding themselves with no choices but to cut jobs. America has not been pressing the issue because our economy is better than the start of the recession in 2008, but many businesses are still struggling and it continues to effect American families and our economy.

Report from Reuters.com:

Civil Rights Activist Cornel West Arrested At Occupy Wall Street Protests [UPDATE]

Cornel West Arrested at Occupy Wall StreetCivil Rights Activist Cornel West Arrested At Occupy Protests [VIDEO]

UPDATE Oct. 17, 2011 6:30 pm:

Cornel West and 18 others were arrested for protesting at the U.S. Supreme Court Sunday on the day of MLK’s Memorial dedication ceremony. He will not be prosecuted, report says.