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He is a visiting research fellow at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget at the New America Foundation. Derek has also written for Slate, BusinessWeek, and the Daily Beast. He has appeared as a guest on radio and television networks, including NPR, the BBC, CNBC, and MSNBC.
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Borders, Cisco Cutting as Many Jobs as the Economy Added in June

By Derek Thompson

Jul 18 2011, 6:22 PM ET Comment

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In June, the economy added only 18,000 jobs net. Today, Borders and Cisco announced they were cutting a combined 17,500 jobs. Uh oh. (h/t Maxwell Strachan)


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