>Bill Martin, president of the Cumberland County Business Council, said his staff met with Black & Decker executives
>the week before they announced the closing.
>
>The meeting was one of many regular checks the Business Council makes with companies in the area. He said there
>was no indication that anything was wrong.
>
>“Within our organization, we were stunned,” Martin said. Afterward, he called plant managers to see what could be
>done to salvage jobs. The response: nothing.
>
>And where the jobs went to:
>
>http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2005/04/11/daily19.html

Outsourcing to Mexico I can understand. Outsourcing to Tennessee is a bit harder to explain.