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World Business Briefing: France: Airbus Adds Workers For A380Airbus, two years behind schedule on deliveries of the new A380 airliner, is adding 1,000 employees at its plant in Hamburg, Germany, to keep to the latest production deadlines. Airbus plans to hire 250 engineers permanently in Hamburg, the companys biggest manufacturing site aside from its headquarters in Toulouse, France, and is taking on another 750 temporary workers to complete cabling on its first 25 A380s, a spokeswoman, Barbara Kracht, said. Tag CloudExternal InformationAdditional InformationTimes Co. Swings to Profit...Cerberus and H&R Block End Mortgage Unit Deal... A Tax Plan as Trial Run for ?09 Law... Watchdog to get teeth into TV quiz channels... Where Am I?News Main Page - Business - World Business Briefing: France: Airbus Adds Workers For A380 |
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