Thursday, February 19, 2004
Yahoo! News - Town's Future Uncertain After Weirton Sale: "For one day, students and teachers at Madonna High School agreed it was more important to ponder a real-world lesson in economics than do their regular algebra.
In a town where nearly everyone knows or is related to a steelworker, each class began Wednesday with discussion of a $225 million buyout offer for bankrupt Weirton Steel ? a deal that positions 2-year-old International Steel Group of Cleveland to become the nation's largest integrated steelmaker. "
In a town where nearly everyone knows or is related to a steelworker, each class began Wednesday with discussion of a $225 million buyout offer for bankrupt Weirton Steel ? a deal that positions 2-year-old International Steel Group of Cleveland to become the nation's largest integrated steelmaker. "
