Cavalier Telephone Inc.,
a Richmond-based telecommunications company, laid
off 50 workers
among its 1,200 mid-Atlantic employees. The cuts came
after the company streamlined its billing and service-related
operations. (Richmond
Times-Dispatch)
Lewis-Gale Medical Center in Salem
cut 41 jobs in its first cutback in 10 years. The move
comes as part of an efficiency effort. Eleven of the
41 positions in administrative and support jobs, not
nursing, are already vacant. (The Roanoke
Times)
The Defense Department announced plans to close
the Foreign Supplier Assessment Center in Martinsville, eliminating at least 30 jobs. Officials said work completed
at the center, checking ownership of foreign companies
with Pentagon contracts, was being provided by other
agencies. The center was run by MZM Corp., whose former
president, Mitchell Wade, pleaded guilty to bribery-related
charges in the case of former Rep. Randy Cunningham,
R-Calif. (The Washington
Post)
O'Sullivan Industries, a producer of ready-to-assemble
furniture sold through many big box retailers, closed
its South Boston plant, eliminating
200 jobs. The company plans to consolidate production
at its Lamar, Mo., facility. (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
