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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, February 27, 1993                   TAG: 9302270200
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: A-8   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: EVENDALE, OHIO                                LENGTH: Short

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GE AIRCRAFT ENGINES TO SLASH 3,900 JOBS

General Electric Co.'s aircraft engines division said Friday it is eliminating 3,900 jobs because of defense budget cuts and reduced orders from struggling commercial airlines.

GE Aircraft Engines said 2,300 salaried employees and 1,600 hourly workers will lose their jobs. Most of the layoffs will be immediate; others will come later in the year.

Most of the job losses will come at the jet engine division's headquarters plant near Cincinnati.

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