In return, Athens agreed to introduce a new round of austerity measures, including job cuts and tax rises.
Since September 2010 Nokia has announced 41, 000 job cuts, including 17, 000 in its telecom-equipment joint venture with Siemens.
There are, however, suggestions that public sector workers may protest on the day against the effects of government cuts, including pay freezes and job losses.
Several European banks - including Barclays, Commerzbank and UBS - have announced job cuts in recent months, with the banks reassessing their operations following the financial crisis.
Jefferies appears to be delivering for its employees despite difficult times in Wall Street, with several major banks having announced major job cuts over the past few years including Citigroup, Bank of America, and Morgan Stanley, as Halah Touryalai explained.
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Job cuts have been ongoing at many conglomerate financial firms including Bank of America which announced last year it would be cutting 30, 000 jobs.
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The European aircraft-maker plans a total of 10, 000 job cuts across the region in the next four years, including 4, 300 in France.
Companies including Citigroup, Bank of America and HSBC Holdings have announced have announced mass job cuts over the past few months.
However, no assurances were made as to job cuts, and it indicated that noncore assets would be sold, most likely including Anheuser's theme parks.
Pearl's head office at Peterborough is expected to bear the brunt of the job losses, but the firm said the cuts would be spread across the UK, including offices in London, Tunbridge Wells, Cardiff and Bristol.
The company also said it plans to offset the mine-job cuts by creating the same number of jobs focused on housing and small business development in areas, including Rustenburg.
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She cited the president's series of recent speeches that warned of myriad troubles including job losses, released criminals, reduced security and other threats if Congress failed to replace or soften the forced spending cuts, known in Washington jargon as sequestration.
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