Oil companies like BP and Anadarko are hurriedly shutting in production and evacuating all workers from Gulf facilities.
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Meantime, crude oil prices were lower Monday on worries the U.S. government may tap its Strategic Petroleum Reserves due to a hurricane shutting in production in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Shares in the stocks of chip-makers dropped Tuesday on news that plants in Japan are shutting down production in the wake of the earthquake last week that set off fears of nuclear leaks in power plants in the country.
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As it is, many of them are slashing their polling budgets or shutting down in-house polling operations.
Panda then bought some old metal-stamping equipment from a plant that General Motors was shutting down in Ohio.
Small businesses are shutting down in neighborhoods where nobody seems to shop anymore.
While shutting plants in the U.S., they are adding to plants overseas.
The plant, which had employed about 7, 000 and spawned another 60, 000 jobs directly or indirectly, opened early last year before shutting down in December.
Less memorable, but equally unpopular, has been the steady drumbeat of post-office closures, disappearing village shops and, more recently, the threat of shutting schools in the name of administrative efficiency.
Number three chain Little Caesars is in retreat, shutting down 380 stores in July for remodeling.
Car components firm Autosplice in Heanor told staff it would be shutting its site in the Amber Valley in September and moving to Germany.
Politicians and civic leaders have met Marks and Spencer in Westminster in a bid to stop the retailer shutting its store in a seaside resort.
The television industry succeeded in shutting down technological end-runs on this basis in the past including a service that allowed multiple hotel guests to watch programs delivered from a single bank of VHS players and video stores that provided viewing booths.
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In a country with unemployment of about 20%, shutting down mines in depressed areas is no easy thing.
Lundqvist gave up 12 total goals in the first five games of the first-round series versus the Capitals before shutting them out in Games 6 and 7.
Maybe it comes from knowing how close they came in 2008 to shutting down the company because funding disappeared in the wake of the financial meltdown.
Murdoch has shown he has the tools and the will to do so, but forcing DirecTV pirates to walk the plank in America won't be as easy as shutting down their counterparts in Europe.
At Ameritrade Moglia began by cutting 450 jobs and shutting losing operations in Korea, Germany and elsewhere.
Britvic, the maker of Robinson's squash, is also shutting a warehouse in Belfast where 20 staff are employed.
Its original publisher, 3D Realms, worked on the title for more than a decade before shutting down production in September 2010.
Occupy Wall Street movement on the West Coast calls for shutting down ports in order to stick it to the one-percenters.
Its original publisher, 3D Realms, goofed off with the title for more than a decade before shutting down production in September 2010.
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Reliance began shutting down operations in 2000, and its demise was hastened by the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, officials said at the time.
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And though they largely refrained from shutting their markets in the aftermath of the 1997-99 financial crisis, most have little appetite for further domestic liberalisation.
It added the complaint letter also highlighted issues such as noise restrictions, crowd safety considerations in shutting off neighbouring Park Lane and unrealistic revenue assumptions.
It is in the process of shutting down its inkjet printer operations in order to concentrate on the faster growing laser printer and multi-function device markets.
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It is widely acknowledged that the "resignation" Craig tendered in November of last year was the result of his failure to manage the difficult politics involved in shutting Gitmo down.
Now All Things Digital reports that Parker has joined a consortium looking to buy Warner Music Group, one of the major mainstream labels that sued Napster for copyright violation and had a hand in shutting the site down.
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And concerns that Peugeot under-invested in the plant for years (knowing that closing it to move production to eastern Europe would be easier than shutting a factory in France) are gaining wider resonance as ever more British manufacturers are bought by foreign firms.
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Plans for the mosque have resulted in threats to the center and a lawsuit that led to a county judge's order shutting down the project in June.
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