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Pfizer layoffs detailed furtherFriday, September 26, 2003BY AL JONESKALAMAZOO GAZETTE Jobs in research and development accounted for all but about two dozen of the 459 positions Pfizer Inc. is eliminating in downtown Kalamazoo. And a company spokesman said the job losses in the city of Portage, set at 329 to date, will eventually reach at least 500. "We have said all along, there will be more separations (layoffs)," company spokesman Rick Chambers said. "And, yes, we have been keeping a constant dialogue with the city of Portage and all affected community officials." According to a breakdown of the jobs affected...