Reports of factory closures across the region are increasing.

亚洲地区关于工厂倒闭的报导越来越多。

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When rumours spread that her factory would soon go bankrupt – as thousands across the manufacturing region have done – Liu Xiao handed in her notice.

工业区里有几千家工厂已经倒闭，当谣言传来说刘晓所在的工厂也要倒闭时，她提出了辞职。

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As it is located in the region strongly hit by the earthquake, the factory immediately came to a halt and currently remains out of operation.

东芝的一位发言人称：“由于东芝岩手电子公司所在的区域受到了地震的严重影响，工厂的生产很快陷入停顿，目前仍未恢复正常运转。”

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On Thursday the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank noted that factory activity in the mid-Atlantic region continued to slow in June with its index posting minus 17.1 compared to 15.6 in May.

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They had been sent by the company Mande Construction Immobiliere to take soil samples in the Hombori region where it planned to build a cement factory.

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Sainsbury's wants to build what would be one of the region's largest stores on an old factory site in Westfield, between Midsomer Norton and Radstock.

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