WEST POINT, Miss. – Yokohama Tire Manufacturing in West Point wants to be the employer of choice throughout the Golden Triangle region. Philip Calhoun, Vice President of Manufacturing and Operations, estimates the plant contributes at least $6M annually to the local economy. The firm has nearly a half-million tires on back order from clients, he says. It takes a lot of people to make a half-million tires, which is why Yokohama currently has about 100 jobs available. At the same time, Yokohama has established a new high school summer program called ITIRE (Increasing Talented Innovators through Real Experiences). (Source: WCBI 05/18/22) Higher pay, summer internship part of Yokohama Tire's plan to become Golden Triangle's top employer (wcbi.com)
Miss. to get $252K from Ford settlement: JACKSON, Miss. - Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced a 41-state settlement with Ford Motor Company. According to several claims, Ford falsely advertised the real-world fuel economy of 2013-14 C-Max hybrids and the payload capacity of model year 2011-14 Super Duty pickup trucks. Mississippi will receive $252,066.74 from the settlement. The $19.2M settlement included the attorneys general of Arizona, Illinois, Maryland, Oregon, Texas, Vermont, California, New Jersey, Missouri, Florida, New York, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, Ohio, Washington, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Massachusetts, Indiana, Wisconsin, Louisiana, Minnesota, Tennessee, Iowa, Kansas, Utah, Alabama, Nebraska, Kentucky, New Mexico, Connecticut, Arkansas, Nevada, West Virginia, North Dakota, Maine, District of Columbia, and Rhode Island. (Source: WJTV 05/18/22)
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