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Lessons Learned From ConAgra’s Move

Lessons Learned From ConAgra’s Move

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Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts says the state stands ready to help ConAgra employees who will lose their jobs with the company move to Chicago.
Ricketts says the state Labor Department will work directly with the more than one thousand employees expected to be without a job once ConAgra completes the move. . .

Ricketts says the ConAgra decision should prompt Nebraska to review its system of taxation and the incentives it offers to insure it remains competitive economically….

\Ricketts says he regrets ConAgra’s decision, but views it as an opportunity to learn a tough lesson.

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