forbes fortune 500 data, to JAN 8 2009

Date Company Total Laid Off Industry
1/8/2009 Walgreen 1,000 Retailing
1/7/2009 EMC 2,400 Technology
1/6/2009 Alcoa 13,500 Materials
1/6/2009 Masco 30 Construction
1/5/2009 Cigna 1,100 Health Care
1/5/2009 United States Steel 4,225 Materials
12/31/2008 Mohawk Industries 160 Consumer Durables
12/31/2008 Tyson Foods 120 Food
12/31/2008 Target 132 Retailing
12/30/2008 Allegheny Technologies 323 Materials
12/30/2008 Motorola 400 Technology
12/29/2008 Advanced Micro 600 Semiconductors
12/23/2008 ULA (Boeing, Lockheed Martin) 172 Joint Venture
12/23/2008 Johnson Controls 125 Consumer Durables
12/23/2008 Las Vegas Sands 11,500 Leisure
12/22/2008 Parker-Hannifin 405 Capital Goods
12/22/2008 Eaton 331 Capital Goods
12/19/2008 Genworth Financial 1,000 Insurance
12/19/2008 Electronic Arts 1,000 Software
12/19/2008 Sovereign Bancorp 1,000 Banking
12/18/2008 Caterpillar 814 Capital Goods
12/18/2008 Omnicom Group 3,145 Media
12/17/2008 Ryder System 3,100 Services
12/17/2008 Western Digital 2,500 Technology
12/17/2008 Aetna 1,000 Health Care
12/17/2008 Parker-Hannifin 46 Capital Goods
12/17/2008 Bristol-Myers Squibb 3,700 Pharmaceuticals
12/16/2008 CBS 30 Media
12/15/2008 Merrill Lynch 400 Financials
12/15/2008 Charles Schwab 100 Financials
12/13/2008 Berkshire Hathaway 345 Finance
12/12/2008 Masco 500 Construction
12/12/2008 International Paper 2,050 Materials
12/11/2008 Bank of America 35,000 Banking
12/11/2008 Whirlpool 250 Durables
12/10/2008 Mohawk Industries 105 Durables
12/10/2008 Procter & Gamble 320 Household
12/09/2008 Praxair 1,600 Chemicals
12/08/2008 Anheuser-Busch Co. 1,400 Food
12/08/2008 3M 2,300 Conglomerates
12/08/2008 Wyndham Worldwide 4,000 Leisure
12/08/2008 Dow Chemical 5,000 Chemicals
12/05/2008 General Motors 7,758 Durables
12/05/2008 Legg Mason 200 Financials
12/05/2008 Cablevision 100 Media
12/05/2008 Staples 140 Retailing
12/04/2008 Steel Dynamics 65 Materials
12/05/2008 Cummins 500 Capital Goods
12/04/2008 Windstream 170 Telecommunications
12/04/2008 General Electric 500 Conglomerates
12/04/2008 E.I. du Pont de Nemours 2,500 Chemicals
12/04/2008 AT&T 12,000 Telecommunications
12/032008 Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold 1200 Materials
12/03/2008 United Technologies 350 Conglomerates
12/03/2008 Gannett 2,000 Media
12/03/2008 Adobe Systems 600 Software
12/03/2008 Jefferies Group 300 Financials
12/03/2008 Viacom 850 Media
12/01/2008 JPMorgan Chase 9,200 Banking
12/01/2008 PepsiCo 87 Food
11/25/2008 Dana Holding 50 Durables
11/24/2008 BlackRock 10 Financials
11/21/2008 Western Union 200 Business Services
11/20/2008 Bank of New York Mellon 1,800 Banking
11/20/2008 Boeing 800 Aerospace
11/17/2008 Citigroup 52,000 Banking
11/14/2008 Sun Microsystems 6,000 Technology
11/12/2008 Applied Materials 1,800 Technology
11/12/2008 Morgan Stanley 2,000 Finance
11/12/2008 Liberty Media 910 Retailing
11/12/2008 Textron 665 Conglomerates
11/11/2008 AK Steel Holding 800 Materials
11/7/2008 Ford Motor 2,600 Durables
11/6/2008 Mattel 1,000 Household
11/6/2008 MGM Mirage 400 Leisure
11/4/2008 Hartford Financial Services Group 500 Finance