Citing anonymous sources, The Wall Street Journal is now reporting (paid subscription required!) that General Electric plans to auction its home appliances business. Any sale is "bound to be emotional for many GE executives and for people in Louisville, Ky., where the business is located,'' the WSJ story notes. With more than 4,800 employees at its giant Appliance Park south of the city, this document shows, GE is one of Louisville's biggest private employers. Let's see how The Courier-Journal handles a story that every Gannett newspaper faces sooner or later.
Related: A Gannett newspaper's surprising decision to drop a blog devoted to a major local employer.
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