"9,000 Jobs Could Be Lost In DHL Pullout" WBNS-10TV

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WBNS-10TV
June 5, 2008

...Last week, when DHL announced its intention to hire United Parcel Service as its air-cargo carrier in the United States, ABX Air, which operates DHL's air-freight hub in Wilmington, said the move could result in the loss of about 6,000 jobs, ONN's Dan Weist reported.

That job-loss figure apparently didn't reflect projected cuts in related shipping operations in Clinton County, Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher said Wednesday after a private Statehouse meeting with other state officials and key DHL executives.

"I think they're talking about eight to nine thousand jobs," Fisher said as he emerged from the hour-long discussion...