This morning, the job placement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas reported that the number of planned layoffs dropped last month to a 10-month low — a good sign as we await unemployment numbers from the government tomorrow.

Today, we learned from the job placement firm, Challenger, Gray & Christmas about the number of planned layoffs at American companies in February.

According to early numbers out ahead of official unemployment figures from the government out tomorrow, planned layoffs went up in January — but that is actually fairly typical.

Planned layoffs are up in 2011 over the previous year — and there's still a month to go.

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