Ironclad Steel promises weaken
Dennis Pearson is best known as a community activist from the east side of Allentown, a man who was often defeated in elections for school board, city council and Lehigh County commissioner. He always...
View ArticleBethlehem Steel retirees get the lowdown on pensions
Many lost their jobs. They lost their health and life insurance. And now many are losing chunks of their pensions. But these Bethlehem Steel Corp. retirees refuse to lose their dignity. "It's a raw...
View ArticleDent championed cement bill to pass the House
A South Whitehall plastics recycling company that received state incentives last year and was expected to employ nearly 150 people is suddenly closing... CEOs call for higher taxes to reduce deficit......
View ArticleUPDATE 1-Italy PM Monti offers car makers sympathy but no aid
By Jennifer Clark and Alberto Sisto ROME, Dec 12 (Reuters) - The continuing slump in Italy's car sales "can and must be reversed", Prime Minister Mario Monti insisted on Wednesday, without offering...
View ArticleLIVESTOCK-US feeder cattle futures ease from six-month high
* Feeders up, but off highs as live cattle slides * Live cattle drop as traders await cash trade * Hogs turn up; Dec discount, higher cash prices By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO, Dec 13 (Reuters) - U.S....
View ArticleWest Columbia plant closing will cost 147 jobs
Pexco will close its West Columbia operations early next year, putting 147 people out of work. The former Southern Plastics factory was opened in 1940 by Irwin Kahn and has been part of Pexco --...
View ArticleOpel plant closure deals setback to labour talks
FRANKFURT, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Opel's refusal to save its Bochum car plant from closure has dealt a setback to restructuring talks with its German labour force, trade union IG Metall said on Monday. "We...
View ArticleGerman unions ask government to stop Faurecia closure
FRANKFURT, Dec 11 (Reuters) - German union IG Metall is calling on politicians to save 200 blue collar jobs at Faurecia's car seat plant, the first major closure by an auto part supplier in Germany...
View ArticleBRIEF: Santee Cooper announces retirement date for Grainger plant
Santee Cooper announced Monday afternoon that it will retire the two coal-fired units at its Grainger generation plant in Conway on Dec. 31. The plant has been idle since last spring, but the...
View ArticleReport: Opel to close German plant in 2016, fears continued Euro slump
Filed under: Car Buying, Minivan/Van, Europe, Hirings/Firings/Layoffs, Plants/Manufacturing, Earnings/Financials, Opel The European financial crisis has claimed another victim, as Opel has stated that...
View ArticleRenault taps Logan creator for $5,500 India car
* Renault developing $5,500 car for India * Design could also be blueprint for Russia, Brazil * Cut-price car plan follows Indian false starts By Laurence Frost and Gilles Guillaume PARIS, Dec 16...
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