Let The Layoffs Begin

• Chicago-based R.R. Donnelley & Sons closed the doors of its St. Petersburg, Fla., and Houston facilities, in addition to the previously reported South Daytona, Fla., plant. A total of 360 jobs were lost, not counting 160 who were let go from the Hudson, Mass., facility at the end of 2000. It also plans to close its Des Moines, Iowa, plant, which employs 775 people.