Word: jobses
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The company is Hobart Corp., part of an international conglomerate with sales of $2.4 billion in 1997. Hobart produces commercial equipment for food preparation. Ever since the Great Depression, the company had operated a plant in Dayton. But in 1995, Hobart pulled up stakes and moved 30 miles to the...
You presented an unbalanced and inaccurate picture of ABB Instrumentation Inc. of Rochester, N.Y., in the portion of your report titled "When Factories Become Fixer-Uppers." In fact, the local area has benefited financially as a result of the support we were given by Monroe County, N.Y. It is true...
In figuring out how long it will take a company to pay back lost tax revenues, you should take into account the extra benefits created when the money is spent by the employees of the companies that have benefited from tax breaks. Each dollar pumped into the local economies via...
The stories you told of local and state governments' ignoring people's needs in the pursuit of low-wage jobs reminded me of how important my vote is at the local and state level. Where I live, we've elected a city council that has taken a pledge to allow...
Your article implies that Bagcraft somehow took advantage of Kansas citizens [in relocating a paper bag-making factory]. You said the incentive program didn't pay off because "zero new jobs were created nationwide." Let us give credit where it is due. Kansas officials helped win federal support to stimulate...