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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 }" G, p: z2 m- Z# i) T) A+ k- B/ |) W
Dow Chemical's Alberta facilities will see layoffs4 J: z/ f/ _/ q. y
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EDMONTON — 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.
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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. , q$ `/ m4 r; h8 U% R$ G7 Y4 r
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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.
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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.2 c4 }. T. o8 `8 @

/ U+ b. W' S4 w0 a- S/ E; e; I4 wDow posted weaker-than-expected fourth-quarter results on Tuesday because demand has plummeted in markets such as the construction, electronics and automotives.& t% q0 s% B  x) b! l3 N

& F1 y' L( u0 C, u1 N4 m  TDow 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.
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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.: B: W- l0 G4 A5 Z( h! r, n6 t" _+ q

# i7 I* p4 w5 hPhiladelphia-based Rohm and Haas sued Dow in a bid to force the deal to close. Dow filed its response to the lawsuit on Tuesday.: r1 z+ t" L" H" y% C

) V' {3 S& A/ J" RDow 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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