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erpowers

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Wed Dec 28, 2016, 09:29 PM Dec 2016

Sprint Jobs Part of 50,000 Already Announced [View all]

Today, Donald Trump announced that Sprint would be bring 5,000 jobs back to the United States. According to Bloomberg, those jobs are part of an already announced 50,000 jobs that will be created over the next few years.

https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-12-28/trump-says-billionaire-masa-son-adds-u-s-jobs-at-sprint-oneweb

"The 5,000 jobs in Sprint’s plans are part of Son’s overall 50,000-job commitment, though they’ll be funded by Sprint and not SoftBank, the U.S. carrier said."

"Trump also repeated an announcement earlier this month that OneWeb Ltd., a satellite startup backed by Son’s SoftBank Group Corp., will create almost 3,000 jobs in Florida over the next four years."

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