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JOB CUTS * Japan - Bridgestone to cut 800 jobs at U.S. plant
Tokyo,Japan -Japan Today -25, January,2009: -- Bridgestone Corp has announced that it was shedding about 800 jobs in the United States to cope with weaker demand. Bridgestone said it would stop making tires for passenger cars and light trucks at its Tennessee factory with the loss of 543 jobs... It will also reduce production of tires for bigger trucks at the same plant, resulting in a further 259 layoffs... Bridgestone said it hoped to re-hire workers when the economy picks up, perhaps as early as the fourth quarter of 2009... The company will continue to produce tires for larger trucks and buses at the plant with more than 700 workers...Labels: jobs' cut
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