USA: Sara Lee Axes Another 1,000 Jobs Amid Earnings Fall
Consumer goods giant Sara Lee Corp has confirmed it is to axe a further 1,000 jobs, raising the number of staff being made redundant to 14,263 - nine per cent of it's workforce. Most of the new cuts will be made in the company's intimates and underwear business, where sales have declined under pressure from discount pricing by competitors such as Fruit of the Loom.