41.   In recent years, refinery fires and plant closures have created shortages that left the state with much higher gas prices than the rest of the country.

42.   It also has announced plant closures, the sale of peripheral businesses and the loss of thousands of jobs.

43.   No layoffs or plant closures are planned.

44.   No plant closures or layoffs will result from the merger, Daimler-Benz Chairman Juergen E. Schrempp said.

45.   No plant closures or layoffs were planned, the companies said.

46.   One solution proposed by the United States is to shut down loss-making plants, and each delegation submitted proposed plant closures.

47.   Schweitzer and two other Renault directors are charged with violating laws requiring companies to inform workers of plant closures well ahead of such events.

48.   Steelworkers are worried the stock price declines may tempt foreign companies to make cheap acquisitions that could bring plant closures and layoffs.

49.   The court ruled Schweitzer and two other Renault directors violated laws requiring companies to inform workers of plant closures well in advance.

50.   The company is considering streamlining operations at six plants in Japan, including plant closures, he said while refusing to elaborate.