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REGION

GM Lordstown changes schedules for return

LORDSTOWN — The General Motors Lordstown complex has announced a new schedule for next week, as workers return from an extended shutdown.

Returning to work Monday are workers in the press room, body shop at both plants, material department at both plants, quality department at east plant, paint team leaders and general assembly team leaders. Paint department workers are to return Tuesday. General assembly workers should return Wednesday.

Starting Aug. 10, most of the complex is moving to a four-day workweek with a schedule of 6 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The stamping plant will maintain a five-day week with eight-hour days until further notice, GM said.

NATION

Federal Reserve chief’s net worth takes a tumble

WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says his net worth dropped by almost a third last year.

Bernanke says in a financial disclosure form that he owned assets worth between $850,000 and $1.9 million in 2008, down from $1.2 million to $2.5 million in 2007. The Fed chairman, like other top government officials, reports the value of his holdings annually.

Bernanke, a former economics professor at Princeton University, has most of his wealth in two annuities managed by TIAA-CREF, which provides retirement plans for academic institutions and other nonprofits.

From Vindicator staff and wire reports