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[其他] Dow化工亚省工厂将裁员

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道化工亚省工厂将裁员
9 Z, S. y) C& d" z2 E6 W- {Dow Chemical's Alberta facilities will see layoffs! [4 F  ~5 f* j( _  j  R4 g, D

  p" b) z' f; R, rEDMONTON — Some employees at Dow Chemical’s Alberta facilities have been notified they will be laid off but the full extent of the job cuts won’t be known until late next week, a company spokesperson said Wednesday.: F) w9 b7 A6 I( I
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Mary-Lea Crawford, public affairs manager for Dow at Fort Saskatchewan, would not say how many layoff notices have been handed out so far.
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The cuts are not expected to be as deep as the 11-per-cent target announced by the U.S.-based company in December, she said.+ M1 ]% W8 ]7 E3 r% ~# r$ ~5 G. i
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Dow employs about 630 people in Alberta, with 550 in Fort Saskatchewan with the balance at its Prentiss facility near Red Deer.. U5 L( Z+ `6 J2 I: B2 h, U, j

  m: Z2 K/ o2 iDow posted weaker-than-expected fourth-quarter results on Tuesday because demand has plummeted in markets such as the construction, electronics and automotives.# z* z4 q, m- h9 A" v1 y% ~

- S: i3 l# O: W# ~: GDow has tried to revamp its earnings profile over the past two years, first by announcing plans to sell a 50- per-cent stake in its cyclical basic plastics business to Kuwaiti investors for more than $9 billion. Then, in July, it announced plans to spend more than $15 billion to acquire Rohm and Haas using proceeds from the joint venture.1 X! w4 N7 y& F# n/ e) h
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Dow’s plans faltered when Kuwait backed out of the joint venture. Rohm and Haas said its merger agreement with Dow, was not contingent on the Kuwait transaction.8 S+ O( Y$ B1 i8 U& y
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Philadelphia-based Rohm and Haas sued Dow in a bid to force the deal to close. Dow filed its response to the lawsuit on Tuesday.
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! F& C$ X. I& e' pDow argued the agreement was not binding, because it was impossible to carry out “without jeopardizing the very existence of both companies.”
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