31.   Unlike the two French car makers, their contrasting model ranges and geographic markets would probably mean limited job and plant closures - perhaps none at all.

32.   Possible plant closures and additional job cuts have not yet been decided.

33.   Both companies have said the merger would not bring layoffs or plant closures.

34.   Both Daimler and Chrysler said they planned no plant closures or layoffs.

35.   But workers displaced by plant closures and corporate downsizing have kept the jobless ranks full, said Chen Jin-cherng, a deputy director at the statistics agency.

36.   Company spokeswoman Jennifer Weyrauch said Tuesday she knew nothing about a plant closure and there would be no announcement regarding the Scottish plant.

37.   Corning Inc. said first-quarter losses are expected to be smaller than anticipated, but warned Monday that more job cuts and plant closures were imminent.

38.   Electricity sector stocks slid further on Wednesday, after oil strikes in Argentina led to temporary plant closures on Tuesday on this side of the Andes.

39.   Far from helping poorer workers, corporate consolidation often leads to plant closures and layoffs.

40.   However, he did not comment on the possibility of plant closures, including whether MSC will lay off its workers.