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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 06:07 AM Original message |
Whirlpool to Eliminate 5,000 Jobs, Lowers Forecast as Charge Is Increased |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 06:21 AM Response to Original message |
1. "Job Creators" hard at work...why are they not appreciated for all they do? |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 06:22 AM Response to Original message |
2. It's like hamsters on a wheel. They don't sell enough appliances |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 06:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. What makes sense for individual businesses... |
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asjr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 06:24 AM Response to Original message |
3. I thought Whirlpool had shipped |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 06:36 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Looks like they're closing their Fort Smith, Ark., plant. n/t |
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asjr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 08:16 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. I know the reason some companies started |
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Homer12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 06:25 AM Response to Original message |
4. Don't be sad for those 5,000 |
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Hestia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 08:34 AM Response to Reply #4 |
15. No, this the line workers who have lost their jobs - over 4,000 in Ft Smith over the last 2 years. |
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bloomington-lib (513 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 06:39 AM Response to Original message |
6. Didn't a report just say durable goods were up? |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 07:06 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. yes, which is why those 'reports' |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Or, rather moreplausibly, that they report on more than just Whirlpool. nt |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 06:41 AM Response to Original message |
7. They're just moving the production to china |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 08:31 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Offshoring American jobs? |
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OverDone (62 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 06:41 AM Response to Original message |
8. DailyJobCuts.com |
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bloomington-lib (513 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 06:43 AM Response to Original message |
9. quote from the 2nd link "Whirlpool also says its third-quarter net income more than doubled to $177 |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
11. This is why I mock those who talk about 'recovery' |
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snort (132 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
16. Without these layoffs they would have to cut |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
17. Whew! I sure am glad Obama signed those free trade agreements now. |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
18. Samsung, LG Dumped Refrigerators as U.S. Backs Whirlpool--trade treaty violation |
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blue_onyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
19. What? |
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Safetykitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
20. Somebody needs to tell them the economy is roaring back. |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
21. Shipping the remaining work to Mexico or China would be my guess. |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
23. Fort Smith AR Plant - 4600 in 2006 - 0 in 2012 |
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James48 (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
24. What's wrong with this picture? |
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