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Old 11-09-2009, 01:23   #48
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Re: How short is the memory?

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Originally Posted by Eric View Post
Read in the Guardian today that Angela Merkel put pressure on the US and GM to support Magna's (a Canadian auto parts manufacturer) bid to take over GM's European operations, Vauxhall and Opel. She did this to protect the jobs of 20 thousand German workers .... so, it seems that most of the upcoming job cuts will be in, you guessed it, the UK.
Don't want to be a "Doubting Thomas/Jerimiah " I wouldn't anyone to lose their job, but I'm a suspicious sod , Manga is listed as being a Canadian company , but all the money to finance this deal is coming from a Russian bank and to me it stinks to high heaven .
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