Trump touts Charter hiring that was in works for two years
Source: Reuters
Fri Mar 24, 2017 | 2:24pm EDT
By Steve Holland and David Shepardson | WASHINGTON
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday touted Charter Communications Inc's decision to invest $25 billion in the United States and a plan the company announced before he was elected to hire 20,000 workers over four years.
At a White House event with the second-largest U.S. cable company's Chief Executive Thomas Rutledge and Texas Governor Greg Abbott, Trump praised Charter for planning to close its offshore call centers and move them to the United States.
Much of the announcement was not new. Charter said last May that it planned to add 20,000 jobs as part of its merger with Time Warner Cable and acquisition of Bright House Networks. As early as June 2015, Rutledge said Charter would need an additional 20,000 employees after those deals.
On a number of occasions, Trump has touted job announcements at the White House that had been previously planned or announced
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