Their residents are now suffering layoffs, lower salaries and reduced standards of living.

A cynic might argue that women suffer fewer layoffs in recessions because, given their lower wages, the net savings to employers is so puny.

In the meantime, PricewaterhouseCoopers, like many other consulting firms, has suffered layoffs as clients cut back on spending.

Consider two industries suffering layoffs, garment and steel.

Those owned by Dennis Moore and the Copp brothers endured, but their employees suffered wage cuts and layoffs.

By the early 1980s, LTV was struggling, and Vought suffered heavy layoffs.

One Bright Spot The trade report was an unusual piece of good news for an economy suffering increasing layoffs and stagnating production.

By the next year's event, one fifth of the 2000 nominees were out of business, and more than half of the winners had been sold, suffered layoffs, or failed.

As the latest city and state budget cuts suggest, the United Federation of Teachers will suffer layoffs that a more conservative settlement might have prevented.

Almost certainly, vacant space in downtown office buildings will climb beyond the current 12 percent as companies suffer layoffs, mergers and bankruptcies.