<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9523355</id><updated>2011-04-21T19:28:58.145-07:00</updated><title type='text'>WeakConomy</title><subtitle type='html'>Here's the proof: the American Economy is WEAK and getting WEAKER. </subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://weakconomy.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9523355/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://weakconomy.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>HoodLum</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04967492785291713899</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://www.mattlum.com/blog/self_sun.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9523355.post-110253218133581246</id><published>2004-12-08T10:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-12-08T10:56:21.336-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Colgate Cuts 5,000 Jobs, Closes 1/3 Factories</title><summary type='text'>Colgate Cuts Jobs to Increase Marketing Capacity: (in other words, no one buys our crap, so we need to convince them better) "The program is expected to cost 550 to 650 million dollars after taxes. It aims to close factories and cut manufacturing jobs in an effort to free more money to invest in marketing and sales initiatives, according to the report."</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://weakconomy.blogspot.com/feeds/110253218133581246/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9523355&amp;postID=110253218133581246' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9523355/posts/default/110253218133581246'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9523355/posts/default/110253218133581246'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://weakconomy.blogspot.com/2004/12/colgate-cuts-5000-jobs-closes-13.html' title='Colgate Cuts 5,000 Jobs, Closes 1/3 Factories'/><author><name>HoodLum</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04967492785291713899</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://www.mattlum.com/blog/self_sun.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry></feed>
