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Gold/Mining/Energy : Friede Goldman Halter (FGH) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Yogizuna who wrote (113)	3/2/2001 2:42:51 PM
From: opalapril	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 177

Up 21+% today. They must have hired an Iowan or something. (edit) Oops! No, they laid off 1,000 Mississippians. Same difference, as they say in the Midwest. Gulf Coast shipyard lays off about 1,000 workers JACKSON, Mississippi, Mar 02, 2001 (AP WorldStream via COMTEX) -- Friede Goldman Halter Inc. has laid off more than1,000 workers, or 16.7 percent of its overall work force, and shut down one of its shipyards because of a dispute over a drilling rig construction contract with a Norwegian company. Friede Goldman Halter said Thursday it does not intend to complete construction of two semi-submersible drilling rigs for Ocean Rig ASA without a new agreement.