And the need to slim down is not unique to citi; its industry wide. A financial industry runs into huge problems. It happened in the 30s, and it happened in the last five years. When you go through these periods, you go through a lot of change. That industry is now trying to figure out what is the right size of the industry. Reporter still, economists say citis action today is not the start of a new wave of mass layoffs across corporate america. The nations job market may not be robust, but its not frozen, either. In fact, today, the payroll firm a. D. P. Reported 118,000 new private sector jobs were added in november, fewer than in october. The blame for last months slowdown in hiring falls squarely on Hurricane Sandy, not on any new or widespread weakness in the economy. I would expect that by december, were going to see some bounce back. Much of the disruption from sandy was people simply not being able to get to work or firms not employing people that they ordinarily would have. Re
In Corporate America . Tom im tom hudson. President obama tries to win over top business leaders, warning republicans are holding the Global Economy hostage over the fiscal cliff. Susie and apple shares get of the most widely owned stocks sees heavy trading. Tom that and more tonight on n. B. R. Susie big job cuts today at one of the nations biggest banks. Citigroup announced its slashing 4 of its staff; that works out to 11,000 jobs worldwide. The cuts will save the bank more than 1 billion a year in expenses. But they wont be cheap, resulting in a billiondollar charge against fourthquarter earnings. Is this gloomy news from citi the beginning of other companies doing the same . Suzanne pratt reports. Reporter 11,000 jobs are a lot of layoffs, even for a bank as huge as citi. And there could be more. Thats because the monster firm is still struggling to recover from the Great Recession even though it has fired a lot of other workers in the last few years. The thing is, citi has a new
Cutting staff. And the need to slim down is not unique to citi; its industry wide. A financial industry runs into huge problems. It happened in the 30s, and it happened in the last five years. When you go through these periods, you go through a lot of change. That industry is now trying to figure out what is the right size of the industry. Reporter still, economists say citis action today is not the start of a new ve aofls crfe america. The nations job market may not be robust, but its not frozen, either. In fact, today, the payroll firm a. D. P. Reported 118,000 new private sector jobs were added in november, fewer than in october. The blame for last months slowdown in hiring falls squarely on Hurricane Sandy, not on any new or widespread weakness in the economy. I would expect that by december, were going to see some bounce back. Much of the disruption from sandy was people simply not being able to get to work or firms not employing people that they ordinarily would have. Reporter fr
Than 1 billion a year in expenses. But they wont be cheap, resulting in a billiondollar charge against fourthquarter earnings. Is this gloomy news from citi the beginning of other companies doing the same . Suzanne pratt reports. Reporter 11,000 jobs are a lot of layoffs, even for a bank as huge as citi. And there could be more. Thats because the monster firm is still struggling to recover from the Great Recession even though it has fired a lot of other workers in the last few years. The thing is, citi has a new c. E. O. In michael corbat, and experts say hes anxious to make his mark, even if that includes cutting staff. And the need to slim down is not unique to citi; its industry wide. A financial industry runs into huge problems. It happened in the 30s, and it happened in the last five years. When you go through these periods, you go through a lot of change. That industry is now trying to figure out what is the right size of the industry. Reporter still, economists say citis action
Bristling at that comparison to president bush, but it does cause issue, president second terms. A lot written as well as recent days about the issues and problems the president s face in the second terms. I want to get your thoughts. If not by phone, you can weigh in with your comments on president s and second terms at twitter. Our email is journal cspa n. Org. Dave boyer writes that a perfect storm of blunders, broken promises and rebellion in his own party over obamacare is raising doubts about whether the president can recover from the monthlong debacle to govern effectively in his second term. Also on abcs this week. Here is a look. Where could we be in four or five months . Hopefully the website is working fine and people are enrolling in healthcare. Hopefully we will not have another bout of washington dysfunction. We pass a budget and move forward. The economy continues to strengthen. We could be in a much different place to her for months from now. No doubt, this is an enormo