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Toshiba takes over Westinghouse Electric
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | 10-17-2006 | Patricia Sabatini

Posted on 10/17/2006 3:15:07 PM PDT by RS_Rider

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I don't post often but I didn't see this article and would like to hear some feedback. I have been working at the Westinghouse energy center lately and know some freepers are interested in this.
1 posted on 10/17/2006 3:15:08 PM PDT by RS_Rider
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To: RS_Rider

Toshiba switchgear???


2 posted on 10/17/2006 3:21:21 PM PDT by Perdogg (Democratic Party - The political wing of Al Qaida)
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To: Perdogg

Toshiba Electric, as in "Sorry Sylvania" in the old TV ads.


3 posted on 10/17/2006 3:24:30 PM PDT by RS_Rider
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I have been working at the Westinghouse energy center...

To commemorate this very special occasion, we will be having a ceremony at our Energy Center Headquarters on Friday, October 20. Energy Center Complex employees will be invited to attend...

Lucky you!

4 posted on 10/17/2006 3:25:31 PM PDT by Max in Utah (WWBFD? "What Would Ben Franklin Do?")
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To: RS_Rider

Was Westinghouse Electric always a British company? I thought it to be American.


5 posted on 10/17/2006 3:25:47 PM PDT by moonman (`)
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Didn't Westinghouse invent the airbrake?


6 posted on 10/17/2006 3:29:35 PM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi
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Was Westinghouse Electric always a British company?

No, British Nuclear Fuel Ltd. bought Westinghouse a few years ago from Viacom.

"You can be sure..."

7 posted on 10/17/2006 3:29:57 PM PDT by Max in Utah (WWBFD? "What Would Ben Franklin Do?")
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Unfortunately, I caught the axe last week. As it turns out Westinghous hired too many new people and China has not signed a pending contract for 4 new reactors yet. I'm a scumbag contractor so I was told to go somewhere else and work. Missed the big ceremony. There's a big portrait of George Wetinghouse at the entry way, cant imagine what he might have thought of his empire being sold to the Japanese.


8 posted on 10/17/2006 3:31:17 PM PDT by RS_Rider
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Sorry about the axe thing. We'll get rolling pretty soon though, I think.

If Old George was coupled up to a generator I bet he'd be spinning fast enough to generate a kilowatt or two.

9 posted on 10/17/2006 3:35:47 PM PDT by Max in Utah (WWBFD? "What Would Ben Franklin Do?")
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Of what used to be 154 business units, the nuclear division is the only one to still carry the Westinghouse name. It's just a name, the empire is dead and burried.


10 posted on 10/17/2006 3:38:33 PM PDT by RS_Rider
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It's just a name, the empire is dead and burried.

A lot of folks I knew blamed Michael Jordan for that..

11 posted on 10/17/2006 3:40:37 PM PDT by Michael Barnes (May Satan grip the souls of those with American blood on their hands)
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To: RS_Rider

Not the same Toshiba that sold machine tool sets for making submarine propellors?


12 posted on 10/17/2006 3:41:41 PM PDT by Fred Hayek (Liberalism is a mental disorder)
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To: Max in Utah

My opinion is that if they go through with the China deal, China will be providing the world with the latest in nuclear technology. They don't play nice!


13 posted on 10/17/2006 3:41:55 PM PDT by RS_Rider
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To: Michael Barnes

I'll bet the shareholders wished the basketball guy was running the show.


14 posted on 10/17/2006 3:42:54 PM PDT by RS_Rider
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To: Max in Utah

Mass firing?


15 posted on 10/17/2006 3:49:47 PM PDT by My2Cents ("Chuck Schumer has all the charm of a mob accountant." -- Mark Steyn)
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To: Fred Hayek

Yup.


16 posted on 10/17/2006 3:50:23 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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Mass firing?

Golly, I hope not!

17 posted on 10/17/2006 3:55:01 PM PDT by Max in Utah (WWBFD? "What Would Ben Franklin Do?")
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To: RS_Rider

No doubt...I enjoyed working there when I did, too bad the company was wholesale dismantled.


18 posted on 10/17/2006 3:55:24 PM PDT by Michael Barnes (May Satan grip the souls of those with American blood on their hands)
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To: Max in Utah

no mass firing, thinning of expendables


19 posted on 10/17/2006 3:57:01 PM PDT by RS_Rider
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Wrong Jordan-- we had "Chainsaw Jordan", who sold off the most profitable divisions, like Thermoking.


20 posted on 10/17/2006 3:58:02 PM PDT by Max in Utah (WWBFD? "What Would Ben Franklin Do?")
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