Pasco County commissioners' 2009-10 budget kicked in Thursday, and that means the clock is ticking for dozens of county employees who will get pink slips or buyouts in the next two weeks. This will be the first time county officials have let go large numbers of workers to save money. Commissioners spent all summer closing a $36-million budget gap, partly by reducing their staff. ...more

October 2, 2009

Job reductions are under way at Disney World after the company's announcement in January it was offering buyouts to 600 executives companywide, including about 300 in Florida. ...more

March 26, 2009

An undisclosed number of job reductions are under way at Disney World following the company's announcement in January it was offering buyouts to 600 executives companywide, including about 300 in Florida. ...more

March 25, 2009

In these lean, mean times, we all have to come up with innovative ideas to meet all the economic challenges thrown at us. ...more

March 14, 2009

Employees of Media General Inc., the Richmond, Va.-based parent company of The Tampa Tribune, News Channel 8, TBO .com and Centro, will take a mandatory 10 days off without pay this year, President and CEO Marshall N. Morton said in an e-mail to workers Wednesday. ...more

February 19, 2009

Employees of Media General Inc., the Richmond, Va., parent of The Tampa Tribune, News Channel 8, and TBO.com and Centro, will take a mandatory 10 days off without pay during the remainder of the year, president and chief executive Marshall N. Morton said in an e-mail to workers this afternoon. ...more

February 18, 2009

Human Resources Director Cheryl Marsden admitted offering an early leave incentive plan to employees could cost the county some valued workers. ...more

February 12, 2009

General Motors Corp. will offer buyouts to all of its hourly employees, a spokesman confirmed Tuesday, as the troubled automaker continues to slash costs. ...more

February 3, 2009

Drugstore operator Walgreen Co. said Thursday it will cut 1,000 jobs by midyear, or about 9 percent of corporate management, through a combination of voluntary buyouts and layoffs. ...more

January 9, 2009

My colleagues have made me president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. ...more

September 18, 2008