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Tech Jobs On Way To Southwest Virginia
WXII ThePiedmontChannel.com via Yahoo! News - Jan 05 7:12 AM
U.S. Rep. Rich Boucher will announce Monday morning that technology jobs will be coming to the area. The name of the company hasn't been released.Save

Whirlpool Cuts Nearly 400 jobs in Cleveland, TN
WRCB Chattanooga - Jan 05 10:37 AM
Whirlpool Corporation says it will eliminate 370 jobs at a cooking products factory in Cleveland (Tennessee.) The company said today it will shift production to another facility in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and a yet-to-be determined location in Mexico.Save

US economy adds 167,000 jobs in December
Channel NewsAsia - Jan 05 5:44 AM
WASHINGTON : US employers added a healthy 167,000 new jobs in December, the government said in a report Friday that far outstripped Wall Street forecasts.Save

Whirlpool to Close Tenn. Plant, Cut Jobs
AP via Yahoo! Finance - Jan 05 9:20 AM
Whirlpool Corp. is closing its cooking products factory in Cleveland, eliminating 370 jobs, the company announced Friday.Save

GM set to cut more jobs this year
The Telegraph - Jan 05 1:44 PM
Detroit, Jan. 5 (Reuters): General Motors Corp will cut more jobs in 2007 as it closes plants and tries to wrench more concessions from its major union in contract negotiations, chief executive Rick Wagoner said on Thursday.Save

FOREX-Dollar surges after Dec jobs growth beats forecasts
Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Jan 05 6:12 AM
NEW YORK, Jan 5 (Reuters) - The dollar rallied on Friday after data showed surprisingly strong growth in U.S. jobs in December, dampening expectations that the Federal Reserve would cut interest rates in the coming months.Save

U.S. Stocks Decline on Jobs Report and Motorola's Earnings Miss
Bloomberg.com - Jan 05 6:54 AM
Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks fell after a report showing growth in jobs and incomes reduced the likelihood the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates. Motorola Inc., the world's second-largest mobile-phone maker, tumbled after its profit and sales missed analysts' estimates.Save