{"id":1623,"date":"2009-04-06T00:00:04","date_gmt":"2009-04-06T04:00:04","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-06-06T01:14:08","modified_gmt":"2011-06-06T06:14:08","slug":"local-news-where-we-stand-in-shaky-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/local-news-where-we-stand-in-shaky-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"[Local News] Where we stand in shaky economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>LancasterOnline &#8211; News<\/em> &#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/rss.lancasteronline.com\/~r\/local\/8\/9\/~3\/AFw5k7qbHPQ\/235951\" target=\"_blank\">Where we stand in shaky economy<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; color: #666;\"><span style=\"font-size: 40px; font-weight: bold;\">&#0147;<\/span>The news for the local economy last week was pretty bleak.Wednesday, it was reported that Maxima Technologies will be laying off most or all of its 200 workers here beginning May 26. 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