[Alberta's Child]

LOL. And in an odd turn of events, Registered posts a photo that has not been doctored in any way.

[rellimpank]

--wonder if they've knuckled under to the United Auto Workers yet?

[Joe Hadenuf]

Great, Japan is going to hire some American's at it's Canton Mississippi plant.

The economy is saved.....

[shempy]

Thank you!

I have been waiting for years for some one to serve as the inverted Willie Green! If his posts represented the total picture we'd have a national unemployment rate of 85%.

[jimt]

Toyota's building a new plant in San Antonio expected to create around 16,000 new jobs, directly employing 2,000.

I don't know why Willie loves the bummer news so much.

[UB355]

U.S. economy bouncing back, reports should indicate
By CARLOS TORRES and KRISTY McKEANEY
Bloomberg News
Last Updated: Feb. 16, 2003

Washington - Housing is continuing to support economic growth, and the nation's factories are increasing production, evidence that the economy is rebounding, reports this week are expected to show.

"The economy is looking solid," said James O'Sullivan, an economist at UBS Warburg LLC in Stamford, Conn. "It's not booming, but it's not terribly weak, either."

Housing and factory figures this week should offer fresh evidence that economic growth this quarter is gaining momentum. Economists said the pace of expansion this quarter may be four times as high as the 0.7% annual rate in the final three months last year.

A report from the Commerce Department on Wednesday will probably show that builders broke ground on new homes at an annual rate of 1.78 million in January, compared with a total of 1.705 million last year, based on the median of 46 estimates in a Bloomberg News survey of economists.

Indexes measuring manufacturing in New York state and the area surrounding Philadelphia are expected to show that factory activity in both regions expanded for the fourth straight month, suggesting that production across the country is strengthening.

The prospect of war with Iraq pushed crude oil prices to a 29-month high last week. The steeper petroleum costs are starting to show up in price indexes. At the wholesale level, producer prices probably rose 0.4% in January, the biggest gain in three months, after holding steady the previous month, economists said they expect the Labor Department to report Thursday.

Excluding food and energy, the index probably rose 0.1% for the month after falling 0.3% in December, the economists survey found.

Rising gasoline and home-heating costs probably also pushed consumer prices higher last month, economists said they expect the Labor Department to report Friday. The consumer price index probably gained 0.3% last month, three times the 0.1 increase in December. Core prices are expected to rise 0.2% after climbing 0.1%.

Other reports this week:
# On Thursday, the Commerce Department will probably report that the nation's trade deficit narrowed in December to $38.5 billion from a record $40.1 billion in November, which reflected a surge in imports following the shutdown of West Cost docks a month earlier.
# Also Thursday, the Labor Department will probably report that 385,000 people filed initial applications for unemployment benefits in the week ended Saturday. It would be the seventh week in the last eight that claims have been lower than 400,000.
# On the same day, the Conference Board, a New York research group, is expected to report that January's leading indicators, a gauge of how the economy will perform in three to six months, held steady, restrained by falling stock prices, after rising 0.1 in December.

[saminfl]

I think Willie will be disappointed they are building automobiles there. He seems to really want everyone into mass transit.

[RLK]

HA! A setback for Willie Green! Jobs for Americans!!!

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And the profits from the operation go to Japan.

[11th Earl of Mar]

Rats! These are manufacturing jobs, not Wal Mart jobs?

I guess the sucking sound goes both directions.

[Lancey Howard]

I thought Willie had handed the job of Chicken Little off to ambrose?

[Cultural Jihad]

FYI, the new Reform political party's website, the so-called "AmericaFirstParty.org" is registered in Australia!

[dennisw]

Jobs for Americans profits sent to Japanese owners.

[ETERNAL WARMING]

And sadly, 63,000 citizens of the state showed up to apply for the 1200 positions. This is a victory for Green, no a loss. Get your facts, registered.