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July 24, 2009
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Number of Mass Layoffs Recede in June from Record High

Mass layoffs of 50 or more employees receded in June to 2,763 events, down 170 from May's record high. In all, the June layoffs resulted in 279,231 new filings for unemployment insurance, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced on July 23. Thus, over the year so far, the number of mass layoff events has increased by 1,046 and initial claims from those events by 104,483. From the start of...