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April 19, 2011

U.S. Firms Shipped Millions of Jobs Overseas in 2000s 
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In economic news, new data from the U.S. Department of Commerce shows
the largest U.S. multinational companies cut their work forces in the
United States by 2.9 million over the past 10 years, while increasing
employment overseas by 2.4 million. In 2009, the contrast was most
stark. Th U.S. companies cut 1.2 million jobs at home while adding
100,000 jobs overseas.



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