More Local Job Losses

The trickle of local job eliminations has now become a steady stream. Playboy Enterprises, Inc. announced yesterday that cost-cutting measures will result in 55 jobs being cut at the Chicago division of offices. Museums are fighting to keep their heads above water as well; the Peggy Notebart Nature Museum has already cut 16 percent of its staff after the first two months of the fiscal year saw a 45 percent drop in income, and the Field Museum has eliminated five positions.