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BBusiness Read More SK Battery America Inc. lays off 958 workers at Georgia plantMarch 7, 2026 ATLANTA (AP) — Battery company SK Battery America Inc. laid off nearly 1,000 workers at a manufacturing plant…
EEconomy Read More What Smithfield’s move could mean for environment, economyFebruary 26, 2026 Besides 120 acres of prime downtown real estate, Sioux Falls city leaders got something that has sometimes been…
EEconomy Read More This Vietnamese town boomed as factories left China. Now it’s asking what’s next?January 6, 2026 BAC NINH, Vietnam — The transformation of Vietnam’s Bac Ninh is evident in the signs above its shops…
EEconomy Read More This Vietnamese town boomed as factories left China. Now it’s asking what’s next?January 5, 2026 BAC NINH, Vietnam — The transformation of Vietnam’s Bac Ninh is evident in the signs above its shops…
BBusiness Read More Tyson beef plant closure will lay off 3,200 workers, threatening a small Nebraska townDecember 23, 2025 LEXINGTON, Neb. (AP) — On a frigid day after Mass at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in rural Nebraska,…
BBusiness Read More Tyson Foods plans to close a major Nebraska beef plantNovember 25, 2025 OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Tyson Foods’ decision to close a beef plant that employs nearly one third of…
BBusiness Read More South Carolina utility seeks private partner to revive nuclear power plantsOctober 25, 2025 COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s state-owned utility is looking to a private company to revive a project…
BBusiness Read More Rivian breaks ground on $5 billion Georgia electric vehicle plantSeptember 16, 2025 ATLANTA (AP) — It seems like a terrible time to build an electric vehicle plant in the United…
BBusiness Read More Union election is too close to call at an electric vehicle battery manufacturing complex in KentuckyAugust 28, 2025 An election to determine whether workers unionize an electric vehicle battery manufacturing complex in Kentucky is in limbo…