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UPDATE: CraftMaster plant in Christiansburg to stay open
Several workers in the New River Valley will keep their jobs after all. Last week CraftMaster gave 138 employees letters informing them the Christiansburg plant would be closing by December 31. This week, employees got different news. They were told...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, Companies and Corporations, Employment, Economy, Business and Finance
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MasterBrand Cabinets plant closing in Martinsville; 335 employees lose jobs
Hundreds of employees learned Friday morning in Henry County that they are losing their jobs. MasterBrand Cabinets in Martinsville says it just has too many workers and not enough work. Everyone who currently works here will lose their job. That's 335...
Tags: Martinsville (Martinsville, Virginia), Unemployment, Companies and Corporations, Unemployment Benefits, Economy, Business and Finance
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Food plant closing continues loss of manufacturing jobs in Bedford
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefFrozen foods have been coming out of the Brooks Food Group plant for more than 40 years. On Monday, the Bedford-based company sent out its final shipments, marking the end for yet another Bedford manufacturer. "It's a big impact on the city," said...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Rep. Hurt hears concerns from local, nation manufactured home industry professionals
ReporterThe Pre-made home industry says tough regulations and a poor economy are hurting business. Now they want Congress to help. About half a dozen experts in modular housing expressed their concerns Tuesday to Congressman Robert Hurt and representatives from...Tags: Robert Hurt
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No successful bids on old Thomasville Furniture plant property
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefThe old Thomasville Furniture plant in Appomattox went on the auction block Wednesday, but there were no successful bids for the property. Thomasville was one of the area's largest employers, before downsizing and eventually closing earlier this year....Tags: Human Interest, Plant Openings, Auction Service, Layoffs and Downsizing
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For U.S. auto factories, summertime isn't downtime anymore
The decades-old tradition of shutting down U.S. auto factories for two weeks around July may be coming to an end, experts say, pushed out by strong demand and staggered vehicle launch dates. With sales booming, Ford Motor Co., for example, said it...
Tags: Vehicles, Ford Motor Co., Services and Shopping, Ford, General Motors Corp.
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CME live cattle futures trade mixed; await cash trade
ReutersMay 22 (Reuters) - CME live cattle futures traded narrowly mixed on Wednesday as investors wait for cattle in the cash market to change hands, analysts and traders said. * They said futures' continued discount to last week's cash cattle prices underpinned...Tags: Holidays, Memorial Day, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Chicago school board to vote on mass school closing
ReutersBy Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO, May 22 (Reuters) - The Chicago Board of Education is due to vote on Wednesday on a controversial proposal to close 54 schools in the country's third-largest public school district in what would be the largest mass school...Tags: Separation of Church and State, Chicago Mayor, Karen Lewis, Chicago Tribune, Justice System
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Chicago police arrest two dozen at school closing protest
ReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago police arrested about two dozen people on Monday who were protesting against the planned closure of 54 schools in the country's third-largest school district, ahead of a planned Wednesday vote on the matter. The protests at...Tags: Separation of Church and State, Karen Lewis, Chicago Teachers Union, Rahm Emanuel, Politics
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GM's Opel says to move Zafira assembly to Ruesselsheim
ReutersFRANKFURT, May 15 (Reuters) - General Motors' loss-making European brand Opel will move production of the multi-purpose vehicle Zafira to Ruesselsheim in Germany, shoring up its headquarters as it prepares to close another German site. "This will make...Tags: General Motors Corp., Germany
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The solar paradox: boom, bust or both?
Reuters* Demand for solar panels to grow to more than 35 GW in 2013 * Number of equipment makers has dropped to less than 150 * House owners, farmers emerge as winners in current turmoil By Christoph Steitz FRANKFURT, May 10 (Reuters) - Planned European...Tags: Siemens, Semiconductors and Active Components, Mitsubishi Materials, Bankruptcy, Research
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Palisades water tank leak drawing attention
South Bend TribuneThe entry into Lake Michigan of 79 gallons of what officials at the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission describe as "very slightly radioactive'' water has drawn its share of attention, very little of it positive. The leak...Tags: U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, The Huffington Post, Nuclear Power, Entergy Corporation
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