I guess everythings find since the republican are in control..Cant forget about that national debt $8,208,255,966,738.69 and counting...How much is the U.S. spending for its war in Iraq & Afghanistan?....I know some1 can put me back in my place and say everythings fine in America, just go back to sleep & obey....

Ford Motor May Eliminate 25,000 Jobs to Stem Losses (Update4)
Jan. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Ford Motor Co. will eliminate 25,000 or more jobs in the next four years as the world's third-biggest automaker seeks to stem North American losses, according to people familiar with the reorganization.

Chief Executive Officer William Clay Ford Jr. will announce the job cuts, equivalent to about 20 percent of the company's automotive workforce in North America, on Jan. 23 as part of a plan called ``Way Forward.'' Bill Ford said this month the plan would include job reductions without specifying how many. The loss of 25,000 jobs would be the biggest such reduction at Dearborn, Michigan-based Ford since 2002.
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Kraft Foods Inc., the nation's largest food manufacturer, said Monday it would eliminate 8,000 more jobs, or about 8 percent of its work force, and close up to 20 production plants as it broadens an ongoing restructuring effort.

Kraft said the cuts would save an additional $700 million in annual costs, atop a targeted $450 million in savings it already had hoped to achieve through a restructuring that began in January 2004.

Northfield-based Kraft already had announced closures of 19 production facilities and the elimination of 5,500 jobs. Kraft said Monday that those efforts are on track, but it is expanding the restructuring plans to include more cuts.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060130/...DltBHNlYwM3MTY

Dell to Hire 5,000 People in India By RAJESH MAHAPATRA, Associated Press Writer
Mon Jan 30, 6:00 AM ET

Computer maker Dell Inc. said Monday it planned to add 5,000 jobs in India over the next two years, bringing its work force in the country to 15,000.

Dell is also looking to set up a manufacturing center in India, a move that could help boost the sale of Dell computers here, President and CEO Kevin Rollins told reporters after a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

The Round Rock, Texas-based company will hire 700 to 1,000 workers for a new call center in Gurgaon, a satellite town of the capital, New Delhi, Rollins said. The new call center, the company's fourth in India, will open in April, he said.

The other new hires will staff call centers in the cities of Bangalore and Hyderabad in southern India and Mohali in the northern state of Punjab. Also this year, the company plans to double the staff at its product testing center in Bangalore, which currently employs 300 engineers, Rollins said.

During his previous visit to India in April last year, Rollins had said Dell would make India a hub for its software development and back-office work
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060130/..._te/india_dell

GM Working to Achieve $4B in 2006 Savings
GM Working to Achieve $4B in Savings in 2006 As Co. Implements Turnaround Plan, CEO Says
The Associated Press
DETROIT - General Motors Corp. expects to achieve about $4 billion in savings this year as the world's largest automaker implements its North American turnaround plan, CEO Rick Wagoner said Friday.

In a statement preceding a conference call with analysts, Wagoner said the company is working to implement its previously announced plan to reduce structural costs by $6 billion a year by the end of 2006 and reduce material costs by $1 billion.

GM expects to realize $4 billion in savings this year as the initiatives are implemented.

The company's U.S. sales fell 4 percent in 2005, and GM lost billions of dollars in its North American operations. The company is scheduled to report fourth-quarter earnings Jan. 26.

"We continue to explore ways to strengthen our liquidity, and we know the most obvious way is to get our North American automotive operations back to generating positive cash flow," Wagoner said in the statement Friday. "And we will continue to pursue other opportunities as well.
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eg420ne Reviewed by eg420ne on . The True State Of The Union The True State Of The Union More Deception From The Bush White House By Paul Craig Roberts 2-6-6 Gentle reader, if you prefer comforting lies to harsh truths, don't read this column. The state of the union is disastrous. By its naked aggression, bullying, illegal spying on Americans, and illegal torture and detentions, the Bush administration has demonstrated American contempt for the Geneva Convention, for human life and dignity, and for the civil liberties of its own Rating: 5