180,000 job cuts announced over Jan-Feb in U.S.: Reuters

Companies in the United States announced more than 180,000 job cuts in the first two months of this year, the highest since 2009, Reuters has reported.

A third of the layoffs came from the tech sector, the Reuters report said Thursday, citing employment firm Challenger, Gray &Christmas Inc.

In February alone, U.S. companies cut 77,000 jobs, more than five times as many as the 15,245 job cuts reported this time last year, said the report.