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Unilever To Cut 8,000 More Jobs

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By: TOM BRANNA

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Anglo-Dutch food giant Unilever will slash 8,000 more jobs and close 30 plants as it integrates the recently acquired Bestfoods into its operations, a spokesman said Friday.The 8,000 jobs are in addition to 25,000 jobs the consumer products maker said in February it will cut over five years to recover from a slump in profits. The combined cut of 33,000 positions represents around 11% of Unilever’s worldwide work force of 295,000 people.Unilever’s shares rose 3.7% to 63.80 euros ($56....

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