HSBC is closing an operations centre in Leamington Spa, leading to 280 redundancies there, although 200 jobs will move to Southampton where the bank is creating a "centre of excellence".
Franklin Electric Co., Bluffton, Ind., a maker of electric motor controls, plans to close an operation in Muskegon, Mich., that employs 94.
American Eagle Outfitters, for example, a popular clothing retailer among teenagers, has closed an operation in Pakistan and shifted its production to Jordan, to avoid the interruption in shipments that might come from American military action in neighboring Afghanistan.
Last month the studio pulled the plug on the last hand-drawn animated movie in production, "A Few Good Ghosts," raising the possibility that the company will close an operation in Orlando, Fla., which employs about 300 animators.
The option to close an overseas operation may not be possible for many companies, especially if they have a substantial investment there.
Under a Supreme Court precedent, a company can close a particular operation without negotiating a closing with a union.
So far the antiresearch crowd forced the company to close a small operation that distributed primates in the U.K. Remarkably, antivivisectionists have not pursued Foster in this country.
In 2011 it closed an Estonia-run operation responsible for more than 4m infected PCs.
Mario underwent an operation to close an open channel between the aorta and the pulmonary artery; he also received infusions of saline and dopamine, light therapy for elevated bilirubin, blood and platelet transfusions, and antibiotics for infection with Staphylococcus aureus.
