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Nebraska Economy Will Survive the Loss of ConAgra

Nebraska Economy Will Survive the Loss of ConAgra

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An economist with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln believes the state will rebound in wake of the loss of ConAgra.
Bureau of Business Research Director Eric Thompson says the state must first focus on the needs of more than one thousand workers losing their jobs before assessing the impact of Omaha losing the ConAgra headquarters. . .

Thompson says the state economy is strong enough to absorb the blow….

ConAgra, which had been headquartered in Omaha since 1992, is moving its headquarters to Chicago.

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