Scott Malone October 12, 2012 BOSTON (Reuters) – How far can cost-cutting get you in a slowing economy? That’s the question the U.S. manufacturing sector will answer over the coming weeks. Through the first half of the year, big industrial companies including General Electric Co , United Technologies Corp and Caterpillar Inc […]
Dave JamiesonDave.Jamieson@huffingtonpost.comOctober 15, 2012 When a strike among Walmart store employees spread to twelves cities last week, a spokesman for the largest private-sector employer in the world made a curious clarification to news outlets, including The Huffington Post: This was not the first-ever employee walkout at a Walmart store, the company argued, citing a 2006 incident […]
Oct 11, 2012 HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (KTHV) — A current documentary playing in Little Rock showcases the struggles of the U.S. manufacturing business. We recently told you about the film “Death by China” on Today’s THV This Morning. But in Hot Springs a company is bucking the trend, operating almost 90 years. You won’t find a shortage […]
A worker in Zhejiang province in February. | Photo Credit: Reuters By DIANE CARDWELL and KEITH BRADSHER October 10, 2012 The Commerce Department issued its final ruling Wednesday in a long-simmering trade dispute with China, imposing tariffs ranging from about 24 to nearly 36 percent on most solar panels imported from the country. The penalties are somewhat lower than those announced […]
Solar Manufacturing Coalition to Look to Administration to Provide Solution to Loophole in Case WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 10, 2012 — The 226-company Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM) today welcomed parts of the U.S. Department of Commerce announcement regarding duties on Chinese solar cells and panels but was very disappointed […]
David Siegel, CEO of Westgate Resorts, warned employees that they may lose their jobs if President Obama wins re-election. Chris Isidore October 10, 2012 NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Surprise. David Siegel, the Westgate Resort CEO who is building the biggest private home in the country, really, really doesn’t like President Obama. […]
ATS maintenance techs program an automated Finn Power metal punching machine. | Photo Credit: Advanced Technology Services By: Heesun WeeOctober 10, 2012 Advanced Technology Services, a company that maintains manufacturing plant equipment, has fashioned a unique way to fill their vacant jobs—specifically recruit and hire America’s returning veterans. Turns […]
By Larry Pressler October 9, 2012 As a combat veteran of two tours in Vietnam with twenty-two years of service as a Republican member of the U.S. House and Senate, I endorse President Barack Obama for a second term as our Commander-in-Chief. Candidates publicly praise our service members, veterans and their families, but President Obama […]
THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN On Nov. 8, China is set to hold the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party. We already know who will be the next party leader: Vice President Xi Jinping. What we don’t know is what matters: Does Xi have a “Chinese Dream” that is different from the […]
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