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DDB on Monday began laying off 8 percent to 10 percent of its 450 New York staffers and 28 more in Chicago.
The across-the-board reductions began in the morning when department heads in New York called in affected employees to break the bad news.
An agency spokeswoman said an exact number had not been determined, and dismissals were continuing throughout the day. “It will probably be less than 10 percent,” the she said, citing “a general softening of the economic climate across the country.”
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