BusinessWeek - As orders for locomotive engines picked up this spring, the GE Transportation factory near Erie, Pa., started hiring to fill positions, which had fallen to 4,000 from 5,500 last year. At 18-employee Pilla Performance Eyewear in Ridgefield, Conn., business ramped up enough that it expanded its staff by eight. And at medical device maker Theragenics , based in Buford, Ga., an unexpected spike in first-quarter orders led the company to add a few dozen workers to its roughly 500-person head count. Finally, U.S. companies are staffing up.
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