shakeup

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shake·up

(shāk′ŭp′)

A thorough, often drastic reorganization, as of the personnel in a business or government.

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Noun

shakeup - the imposition of a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes); "a committee was appointed to oversee the reorganization of the curriculum"; "top officials were forced out in the cabinet shakeup"

reorganisation, reorganization, shake-up

organization, organisation - the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business; "he was brought in to supervise the organization of a new department"

shakeup

noun

A thorough or drastic reorganization:

overhaul.

Informal: housecleaning.

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'This shakeup involves redeployment and transfer of 1,650 official positions,' said an FBR statement issued on Tuesday.

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Rolls led the risers after announcing that 4,600 jobs are being axed in the firm's latest shakeup, with the engineering giant looking to slash costs by another PS400 million a year.

FTSE climbs on Rolls-Royce shake-up plan

He sees "headline risk" as the most significant risk factor if GE were to be dropped from the Dow, "potentially amplified by GE's high mix of retail investors." Inch notes that the last major Dow shakeup occurred in September 2003, when American Airlines (AAL), Bank of America (BAC) and Hewlett Packard (HPQ) were removed and Goldman Sachs (GS), Nike (NKE) and Verizon (VZ) were added.

GE likely to be dropped from Dow 30 index, says Deutsche Bank

A JAIL classed as a "trailblazer" in a prisons shakeup has a "very serious" drug problem, an inspection has revealed.

Violence and drugs hell in trailblaze jail

Among the key portfolios under the shakeup were the interior ministry, which went to Maj.

Egypt president swears in 10 new ministers

"President Hamid Karzai has no plan to shakeup the Cabinet," Waheed Omar told Pajhwok Afghan News

Karzai has no plan to shakeup his Cabinet

Summary: Saudi King Abdullah's shakeup of the government over the weekend has been hailed by the country's citizens and media outlets as a bold step forward for the ultra-conservative kingdom.