But, he added, "You'd also have riots" as people were thrown out of work in a nation that has rarely seen layoffs.

Stock brokerages have not so far seen major layoffs, Mr. Kraus said.

His tenure saw sharp layoffs and ambitious fund-raising drives, but to no avail.

"I'd like to see layoffs of county workers through attrition, mostly retirement."

Mr. Carpenter saw takeovers and layoffs and did not like it.

They see massive layoffs in a readjusting society.

This year has seen mergers, layoffs and a general retrenching.

Other industries with large Hispanic work forces have not seen large layoffs.

If they are wrong, next year could see ugly cuts and layoffs.

Eventually we see layoffs and rises in unemployment.