Honda is planning to cut 800 jobs at its Swindon plant, blaming weak demand across Europe.

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More plant closings, layoffs and weak sales would follow.

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However, to take advantage of a weak currency, Honda is opening a new plant in Japan, its first in almost 50 years.

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Meanwhile, Honda revealed plans to cut 800 jobs at its Swindon plant which it also blamed on weak demand in European markets.

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But this is hard to pull off in weak states teeming with peasants in search of somewhere to plant their crops.

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"Isoflavones, the plant-derived estrogens found in soy, are very weak estrogens, so it is not surprising that they have not shown to be as effective...as hormone therapy, " says the lead author of the study, Silvina Levis, M.

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About the only weak spot is the United States, where it has a mere 3.5 percent, but with a new plant in Tennessee, the company is working hard to fix that.

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