19 Comments
- inactive, on 02/06/2009, -3/+8another laid off from japan company..huh..
- s0m31john, on 02/07/2009, -2/+7のーーーーー!
- Newswiseguy, on 02/06/2009, -1/+5if americans aren't buying tons of imported goods, the big exporting countries are gonna suffer big time.
- tallguyg, on 02/07/2009, -0/+4All these stories of layoffs really cut me deep.
- eers2snow, on 02/07/2009, -1/+5this better not affect supply of hello kitty merchandise.
- TheVirus, on 02/07/2009, -0/+2の is 'no' in romaji (romanization of the Japanese language). I found the comment humorous but I think some might not get it.
- Deveak, on 02/07/2009, -0/+2I am kind of hoping (probably wont happen) after all of these companies shrink or go out of business, some of the manufacturing will go back to America. But that's just crazy talk, it will most likely go to Mexico or China even more.
- woofers07, on 02/07/2009, -2/+4This is just more fear mongering from the Obama administration in order to pass their PORKulous package.
/s - Med_Dude, on 02/07/2009, -0/+2The crisis has just started to SEVERELY hit Asia and Australia/NZ since after Xmas. Expect lots more stories like this from Asia over the next while.
- 316ex, on 02/06/2009, -0/+2So peoples mistakes do affect others.
- ibeetle, on 02/07/2009, -0/+2Sony is in the toilet. Pioneer shutting down its' television/monitor division and now this. What is wrong with us. We need to be thinking less of our selfs and more of the poor $5.00 a day Chinese child worker. Come'on America lets start buying again!
- inactive, on 02/07/2009, -1/+2Was that English?
- Veers117, on 02/07/2009, -1/+2I would gladly hire an unemployed Japanese worker to aid me in the completion of Calculus.
- LokitheComplex, on 02/07/2009, -0/+1With what?
- secrity, on 02/07/2009, -0/+1Yesterday I heard on BBC that some sort of maritime shipping cost index has gone down from $11,000 per ton a year ago to about $1,000 per ton now. The volume of worldwide shipping has gone to extremely low levels.
- vsujohn2, on 02/07/2009, -0/+1Sharp-> Cut
I love how journalists can find the time to use puns while reporting bad news.. - ghostrc, on 02/07/2009, -2/+2This sucks. Im tired of seeing theses stories about layoffs, the guy who writes them needs to get laid off.
- Betrayal, on 02/07/2009, -1/+1Pussies
- acknotSW, on 02/07/2009, -0/+0Damn, and here I am with a bag full of cats I was getting ready to ship.
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