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Whirlpool to cut 216 jobs, close Benton Harbor plant
WSBT TV South Bend IN ^ | 6-1-10 | WSBT

Posted on 06/01/2010 6:14:35 PM PDT by Paul46360

BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Whirlpool says it will close a machining facility in Benton Harbor, Mich. and eliminating 216 jobs as a result.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: closing; jobs; michigan; whirlpool
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Wonder if Barry will be heading there next to talk about job growth??
1 posted on 06/01/2010 6:14:35 PM PDT by Paul46360
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To: Paul46360

Cool. More jobs for chicoms and mexicans.


2 posted on 06/01/2010 6:15:08 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: Paul46360

Whirlpool still exists? Could have fooled me.


3 posted on 06/01/2010 6:15:39 PM PDT by library user
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To: library user

really??


4 posted on 06/01/2010 6:16:30 PM PDT by Paul46360
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To: Paul46360
Whirlpool says it will close a machining facility in Benton Harbor, Mich. and eliminating 216 jobs as a result.

Thank God we have Obama to keep the unemployment numbers in check or this could be seen as a loss of jobs.

5 posted on 06/01/2010 6:18:05 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: Paul46360

Whirlpool down the drain?


6 posted on 06/01/2010 6:18:13 PM PDT by umgud (Obama is a failed experiment.)
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To: grellis

ping


7 posted on 06/01/2010 6:18:55 PM PDT by sionnsar (IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Remember Neda Agha-Soltan|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)
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Whirlpool down the drain?

Eddy told me.

8 posted on 06/01/2010 6:19:24 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: Paul46360

The stimulus saved how many jobs.. again ?


9 posted on 06/01/2010 6:20:23 PM PDT by libh8er
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To: pissant

Really can’t blame them. Benton Harbor is the 2nd crappiest city in Michigan after Detroit, and you have Michigan’s sorry ass itself to deal with too.


10 posted on 06/01/2010 6:20:58 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Paul46360

Foreman says these jobs are going boys and they ain't coming back to your hometown
11 posted on 06/01/2010 6:21:52 PM PDT by Kartographer (".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
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To: EGPWS
Eddy told me.

A current eddy?

12 posted on 06/01/2010 6:22:35 PM PDT by umgud (Obama is a failed experiment.)
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To: Paul46360

The Whirlpool Repairman, Clay Jackson, is a good friend of mine out of Richmond, Va. A good conservative.


13 posted on 06/01/2010 6:23:30 PM PDT by albie
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To: umgud

He told him just to tide him over.


14 posted on 06/01/2010 6:25:05 PM PDT by whence911 (Here illegally? Go home. Get in line!)
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To: umgud
A current eddy?

An eddy current?

I guess that's a possible scenario. ~

15 posted on 06/01/2010 6:26:18 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: libh8er
The stimulus saved how many jobs.. again ?

On paper?...

16 posted on 06/01/2010 6:27:31 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: Paul46360

HOPE!!! CHANGE!!!
PIE!!!

Oh... Wait....


17 posted on 06/01/2010 6:27:34 PM PDT by tcrlaf (Obama White House=Tammany Hall on the National Mall)
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To: Paul46360

Mmmmmmm... mmmmmmmmm... mmmmmmmmm!

LLS


18 posted on 06/01/2010 6:32:39 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer ( WOLVERINES!)
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HECKUVA JOB, JENNIFER!
19 posted on 06/01/2010 6:34:24 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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Heh heh. She looks thrilled at being pawed by the Alien Usurper. C'mon, loosen up Jenny baby! It's a multi-culti moment!
20 posted on 06/01/2010 6:38:11 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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