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焦点事件:卡特彼勒裁员2.5万裁员费超5亿美元2009年4月21日,卡特彼勒公布其17年来首次季度亏损,其中经济衰退致使公司裁员费用超过5亿美元。2009年1月,卡特彼勒宣布了2万人的裁员计划,以进一步削减成本应对全球经济危机。而据了解,在过去几个月中卡特彼勒已经裁减约2.5万名全职和合同员工。该公司第一季亏损1.12亿美元,每股亏损0.19美元,而上年同期为盈利9.22亿美元,每股盈余(EPS)1.45美元。
FOCUS: Caterpillar cuts 25,000 layoffs to over 500 million U.S. dollars Caterpillar posted its first quarterly loss in 17 years on April 21, 2009, in which the economic downturn caused the company to lay off more than 500 million U.S. dollars. In January 2009, Caterpillar announced a layoff plan of 20,000 people to further reduce costs in response to the global economic crisis. It is understood that in the past few months Caterpillar has cut about 25,000 full-time and contract employees. The company reported a loss of $ 112 million in the first quarter, a loss of $ 0.19 per share, compared with a profit of $ 922 million and a earnings per share (EPS) of $ 1.45 for the same period last year.