General Electric Rules Out Panama for Laboratory

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GE needed to hire between 1.000 and 1.500 IT technicians and engineers for this initiative, and will move it to Chile instead.

"GE sources assured they couldn't be sure they would have the required personnel, even with a three-year window and reducing the number of English-speaking engineers to 50%", reported Prensa.com.

Source: Prensa.com

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