Date:08/03/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/03/08/stories/2008030855221500.htm

Business - Briefly

Employers in U.S. slash 63,000 jobs

WASHINGTON: U.S. employers slashed jobs by 63,000 in February, the most in five years, the starkest sign yet the country is heading dangerously toward recession or is in one already.