By Ramsey Cox – 07/19/12 01:15 PM ET Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) called Democrats’ Bring Jobs Home Act “misleading” and “political.” “There is an utter lack of seriousness with this proposal,” the ranking member on the Finance Committee said. “On the surface this might sound reasonable … but as far as tax policy goes, this is […]
WWD Issue 07/20/2012 By DAVID LIPKE and CATHERINE BLANCHARD JUST SAY NYET: Russian dressing in the USA? Not exactly. As Ralph Lauren licked its public relations wounds this past week after it was revealed that its official U.S. Olympics uniforms were made in China, Dov Charney managed to ride the jingoistic hubbub into some positive press via a story […]
U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 112th Congress – 2nd Sessionas compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the SenateVote SummaryQuestion: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 3364 ) Vote Number: 181 […]
By Ramsey Cox – 07/19/12 02:39 PM ET Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked an “insourcing” bill from Democrats that would have ended tax breaks for companies that move jobs overseas.The Bring Jobs Home Act also would have given a tax incentives to companies that bring jobs back to the United States. The measure failed to advance […]
By Neil HughesPublished: July 19, 2012 07:38 AM EST (04:38 AM PST) Over the last year, some of Apple’s key component suppliers have begun increasing their U.S.-based production, which could be a sign that more of the iPhone is already made in America than one might think. When Apple Chief Executive […]
Gilbert B. KaplanFormer Deputy Assistant and Acting Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of CommerceOriginal Post: 07/18/2012 3:22 pm Nations around the world are engaged in a battle for manufacturing dominance, and the United States, almost in spite of itself, is still a major player in the race. The U.S. manufacturing sector ranks number two in […]
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7/17/2012 Walter Loeb, ContributorCovers major developments in the retail industry. American Olympians will wear Chinese made Uniforms in 2012.Russian Olympians will wear American made Uniforms in 2014. The recent announcement that the Russian team will march into the 2014 Winter Olympics stadium in Sochi, Russia wearing uniforms made in the United States is a stark contrast […]
By Mike Verespej | PLASTICS NEWS STAFF Posted July 12, 2012 PHILADELPHIA (July 12, 2 p.m. ET) — The renewed interest in manufacturing medical devices for the U.S. market in the United States — rather than in China — is giving a boost to medical molders and contract manufacturers like Mack Molding Co.But it also is proving to be […]
By Emanuella Grinberg for CNNJuly 13, 2012 (CNN) — The slow death of American manufacturing and the trend toward outsourcing overseas has made it hard to find American-made goods — but not impossible. A host of small businesses are still dedicated to manufacturing goods in America, and, thanks to a few diligent bloggers, they’re easier than ever to […]
