Short Reports

Exxon Mobil Corp., which already had planned to slash about 15 percent of its work force by the end of 2002 to realize savings from its merger, now wants to cut 3,000 more jobs. With the latest announcement, the world’s largest publicly traded oil company will reduce its combined work force by 19,000 employees.

Retailer Eddie Bauer plans to add 35 new stores in the United States and Canada this year, while also making another push in electronic commerce. Expansion will take place around the country.

Toys R Us has announced plans to build the world’s largest toy store, a 101,000-square-foot emporium with a life-size dollhouse and a 60-foot-tall Ferris wheel in New York’s Times Square.