But when asked whether he will lay off staff, he shakes his head.
And unemployment is now a big worry, as construction firms and estate agencies fall over themselves to lay off staff.
The launch coincided with a sticky patch for Vancl, which had to lay off staff in China after an aborted IPO in 2011.
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Some say they're likely to reduce their workers' hours or even lay off staff in order to remain below the thresholds established under the act.
Given that many small hospitals run at break-even that might mean my local hospital would be forced to lay off staff or cut back on charity care.
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The Education Department is also warning that the cuts will impact up to 29 million student loan borrowers and that some lenders may have to lay off staff or even close.
Left with almost nothing, the family quietly makes plans to sell the ancestral home, lay off staff and move to a smaller property until they are saved at the last minute by yet another inheritance.
Economy minister Sir Reg Empey said he regretted the decision to lay off staff, but said the company must "take whatever action they see fit in response to current levels of work activity and market prospects".
Joe DeSantis said Gingrich's decision to lay off staff and replace his campaign manager was a reorganization that would enable him to fight on to the Republican National Convention in the summer and win the nomination there.
And they worry that the downward spiral will further erode their already thin margins some have had to close imprints and lay off staff in recent years as well as bring further dismay to struggling bricks-and-mortar booksellers (see article).
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Like almost all big companies it suffered a decline in sales and profits in the recession and had to lay off some staff.
Sukemi also has had to learn to do a lot more, since she was forced to lay off her staff of sewers and cutters.
He and his co-founder Vincent Carbone were forced to lay-off all staff and retreat into a business incubator at Stevens Tech.
Last week, its management put forward its restructuring business plan to the ministers, which included the proposal to lay off 140 more staff.
On Thursday, Better Place spokeswoman Julie Mullins confirmed that Agassi has resigned his board seat amid Israeli press reports citing unnamed executives that the company could lay off half its staff due to a cash crunch.
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The decision was terrible news for the cash-strapped Centaur, which was forced to lay off most of its staff and scramble for more money.
One potential upstart competitor, Wikia Search, may already be feeling the crunch: Its parent company, Wikia, announced this week that it will lay off 10% of staff.
And whereas a generalised pay cut might make the best workers leave, and a selective one damage morale because it is seen as unfair, firms can often lay off their least competent staff.
Without the mandatory dues payments, the teachers union had to lay off 40% of its staff last year.
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When a school board wasn't able to deliver change by other means, they voted to lay off the faculty and the staff.
And at the time, Blake was pretty sure that the recession would force him to lay off about half of his staff.
Apparently, Ms. Stiles, under orders to cut her budget by 25% (remember that recession?), opted to take a 40% reduction in her own personal salary rather than lay off a member of her staff, making her a heroine of the state.
CSFB, its investment-banking subsidiary, this week said it would lay off a further 1, 750 staff.
On Wednesday, investors were also eyeing Alcatel's US rival Lucent Technologies, following reports it planned to lay off as many as 10, 000 more staff.
It seems very likely that allowing the principals to choose which teachers to lay off will most likely result in a better teaching staff than a layoff strategy based entirely on a criteria with no relation to performance.
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