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Japan Display Inc’s new chief executive said on Thursday the screen maker’s “biggest client”, widely understood to refer to Apple Inc (AAPL.O), is increasing orders ahead of the expected launch of a new iPhone this month. Mitsuru Homma, who was appointed CEO in June, said weakness in China’s smartphone market, the world’s biggest, amid that country’s broader economic slowdown was not affecting the orders for display screens it was getting from its top client. Apple is expected to unveil the new iPhone at an event on Sept. 9.

The treasury secretary, in an exclusive CNBC interview, also said the market turmoil isn’t a major concern at this point.

Details of the August 2015 US Challenger layoffs data report 3 September 2015
– Layoffs 41,186
– +2.9% y/y
– Retail and manufacturing top the cut list
Cost cutting (include restructuring in that too), closing and bankruptcy
are the top reasons why layoffs are being cited. That puts a bit of a shadow over the jobs market. The bankruptcy of the A&P supermarket makes up a big chunk of that number 

Job cuts announced by U.S.-based companies plummeted more than 60 in August after rising to a four-year high the previous month.

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