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EA Lays Off Boom Blox Staff

Electronic Arts has laid off members of the development team responsible for Steven Spielberg’s block - knocker series Boom Blox, though it appears that the team’s last project–a Project Natal title–may live on at Harry Potter developer EA Bright Light.

US Service Sector Growth Accelerates in February

More good news came from outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas which said that companies announced about 42,000 layoffs in February…

Dow turns positive for 2010

Stocks gained Wednesday, with the Dow turning positive for the year, after reports showed the pace of job cuts is slowing and the services sector is growing, and Greece announced steps to cut its deficit.

Planned job cuts drop 41 percent

Monthly job cuts fell in February to the lowest level since 2006, as companies announced plans to reduce payrolls by only 42,090, according to the latest job-cut report released today by global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc.The February total was down 41 percent from January’s 71,482 announced job cuts. It was 77 …