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Aluminum Giant Alcoa to Lay Off 13,500

Pittsburgh company slashes 13% of its work force

By the Associated Press

Posted Jan 6, 2009 8:58 PM CST

(AP) – Alcoa, the world's third-largest aluminum maker, said today it will cut 13,500 jobs—13% of its work force—and slash spending and output to cope with the global economic slowdown. The reductions expand on cost-cutting measures announced in October, when the Pittsburgh-based company reported... Read full story »

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