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General Motors To Invest Billions In 17 Factories

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Wed, 05/11/2011 - 2:00am

General Motors CEO Dan Akerson says his company will invest $2 billion to upgrade 17 plants. The company also plans to hire up to 4,000 people.

About 2,000 of them will come from the company's pool of laid-off workers.

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Samsung to invest billions in Austin

Austin City Connection News and Event Highlights  Wed, 06/09/2010 - 9:30am

Expansion will create 400-500 permanent jobs; 1,000 construction jobs.



 

U.S., Other Donors Eye Billions To Rebuild Haiti

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Wed, 01/20/2010 - 11:49pm

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will meet with her counterparts in Montreal on Monday at a conference of international donors with the aim of "helping Haiti build back better," Clinton said.

But experts say the U.S. needs to learn from past mistakes, because American interventions in Haiti often have done more harm than good.