Wall Street slides as worries over European national debts override positive quarterly reports from companies including drug giants Pfizer Inc. and Merck & Co.

Ashwaubenon-based retailer Shopko announced Tuesday it will outsource select information technology jobs starting later this year.

Even as the U.S. unemployment rate remained unchanged, health care (http://www.medzilla.com) added another 20,000 jobs. Layoffs were also down overall, although the pharmaceutical industry reported high job cuts due to the Merck/Schering-Plough merger.

For years, Eli Lilly and Co. prided itself on avoiding the huge job cuts that have become common at bigger competitors, such as Pfizer, Merck and AstraZeneca.

…one in 10 — 8.7% — did so by launching their own businesses, according to outplacement firm Challenger Gray & Christmas’ quarterly Job…

For years, Eli Lilly and Co. prided itself on avoiding the huge job cuts that have become common at bigger competitors, such as Pfizer, Merck and AstraZeneca.

Myers to close 2 out-of-state plants