Reposted from Forbes: Recent news in and around the smartphone space points to an increasingly challenging environment: Weaker-than-expected shipments from Samsung; Weaker-than-expected June quarter shipments followed by price cuts and layoffs at Research in Motion – Blackberry; A sour outlook from HTC that calls for a sharp sequential drop in revenue; Apple AAPL -0.88%’s iPhone shipments fell 16.5% sequentially […]
The demolition of the old Port Clinton Middle and Jefferson Elementary Schools in Port Clinton, Ohio. Andrew Borowiec for The New York Times. By ROBERT D. PUTNAM My hometown — Port Clinton, Ohio, population 6,050 — was in the 1950s a passable embodiment of the American dream, a place that offered decent opportunity for the children […]
Young boys rescued from child traffickers at Katihar station in Bihar state, India, waiting for their parents to collect them. Photograph: Gethin Chamberlain for the Observer Despite a series of revelations for the Observer about the brutal conditions in garment factories, companies, western consumers and India are still complicit in turning […]
Daytona State College’s Center for Business & Industry will offer an 11-week “Manufacturing Fast-Track” training program beginning Sept. 9 for those are interested in careers in either machining or welding. Scholarships for the program are also available. Reposted from News Journal Online: Daytona Beach News-Journal – DAYTONA BEACH — The purpose of the course, according to […]
The economy added 162,000 jobs in July, fewer than economists expected, as unemployment fell to 7.4 percent, the Labor Department reported today. Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. Breaking News | Celebrity News | More ABC News Videos Reposted from ABC News: Many economists expected the addition of 175,000 to 185,000 jobs in July […]
HERE is a symbol of China’s assault on the American economy: the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, which connects Brooklyn and Staten Island. This landmark, which opened in 1964, is North America’s longest suspension bridge. It’s also in urgent need of renovation. Unfortunately, $34 million in steel production and fabrication work has been outsourced to China. Reposted from […]
DETROIT (Reuters) – For nearly six decades Detroit’s story has been one of relentless erosion of its once mighty manufacturing base, but even as the Motor City faces a long bankruptcy a clutch of small producers has moved in to rekindle the “Made in Detroit” brand. Reposted from Reuters: […]
Foxconn are considering a move to the USA. As you know the iPhone 5 is made at Foxconn in China right now and it has been causing quite a few problems for both the manufacturer and Apple. Foxconn are now looking into cities in the US, which include Los Angeles and Detroit to determine which […]
Rumour has it that we could see Apple iPhone 6 before the end of August or by early September at the latest. Everyone is waiting to hear that the iPhone 6 is in production, it would have to be sometime soon if it is to come out with iOS 7. We have seen many concepts […]
The Game, a Phenix City, Ala.-based manufacturer of sporting apparel for nearly a thousand collegiate baseball teams, recently announced a new line of American-made products — American Threads — to be manufactured in North Carolina. The company, founded in 1986 by Neil Stillwell, owns manufacturing operations in Mexico, Honduras and El […]
