Tonight was a good night for me. I was able to hang out with my buddy from Ireland. He’s visiting for the week, but he was only free tonight. So, where did we go? We met at a local Irish pub. It’s not that bad; his brother-in-law built the back bar, so it’s somewhat of a custom. We discussed the rotten Irish economy, the rotten American economy, the rotten … well, you get the idea. He’s also a new father, so we discussed the babbling 4 month old that was glued to him. Good times.
Oh, and things weren’t so bad on the jobs front today. The headlines:
RBS Job Cuts May Be Less Severe Than Expected, Times Reports — We’ll take good news when we can get it. No specifics, though.
Vodafone to Cut 500 Jobs in the U.K. to Reduce Costs — This gives us a solid figure on yesterday’s leak. Not surprising at all.
Pacific Brands to Cut Jobs as Debt Deadline Extended — 1,850 jobs, mostly Australian factory jobs.
That was really it on the jobs front. There’s been more written on the auto manufacturers, but nothing really new there. Hearst may close the San Francisco Chronicle, so more job cuts should be expected there.
Since I had such a depressing discussion on the Irish economy, here’s a depressing article. Good night, happy Fat Tuesday.
