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Helicopters and industry. Shutdown of the US' government: the consequences for United Technologies

Stratford, USA - The company is forced to furlough thousands of employees

The shutdown of the Government of the United States, which entered into effect in the evening of September 30, 2013 because of the Congress' failure to agree on a federal budget for fiscal year 2014, is not prudicng effects just on the federal agencies, but also on the aerospace industry. If the shutdown continues, United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses will be forced to furlough...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1155548
Rome, Italy, 10/03/2013 14:19
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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