By Garrett Tenney for FOXBusiness Published July 04, 2012 Emily Waldon was only six-years-old when 9/11 happened, but the patriotism she felt after that event has grown into a thriving business. “It really hit home for me, even though I was just a six-year-old. I was like, ‘Daddy let’s show them that we’re Americans,’ ” said […]
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, APMon Jul 2, 9:05 PM UTC U.S. manufacturing shrank in June for the first time in nearly three years, adding to signs that economic growth is weakening.Production and exports declined, and the number of new orders plunged, according to a monthly report released Monday by the Institute […]
By Richard Simon for the Los Angeles TimesJuly 3, 2012 WASHINGTON — Should U.S. flags that fly from federal buildings be made entirely in the U.S.A.? So ask sponsors of the All-American Flag Act, introduced in response to the $3.6 million in imports of U.S. flags, mostly from China.The bill’s sponsors picked the […]
By JOHN MARKOFFPublished: June 28, 2012 SAN JOSE, Calif. – Etched into the base of Google’s new wireless home media player that was introduced on Wednesday is its most intriguing feature. On the underside of the Nexus Q is a simple inscription: “Designed and Manufactured in the U.S.A.”The Google executives and […]
By: Elizabeth Alterman | Special to CNBC.com Manufacturing may be poised for a quantum leap that will rival the transformation that took place nearly 100 years ago when Henry Ford revolutionized industry with the creation of the assembly line, say industry experts. In fact, President Barack Obama has made […]
EMPLOYMENT SPECTATOR Editorial StaffJim Vassallo | Chelsei HendersonEmployment Spectator202 S Lake Ave, Unit 250Pasadena, CA 91101 Many manufacturing businesses in the US where wiped out, by low-cost imports from Asia, especially China. Many other companies moved their production from US to China. The manufacturing employment was reduced by about 6 […]
Chesapeake Bay Candle’s U.S. factory in Glen Burnie, Maryland. By: Chris Morris, Special to CNBC.com Published: Wednesday, 23 May 2012 Chesapeake Bay Candle never thought twice about offshoring its manufacturing when the company started 17 years ago. To make the product it wanted, each candle had to be handmade, and there was no cost effective way to […]
Bottles of Razor Wit Belgian Style White Ale on a conveyor belt at Highland Brewing. The Brewers Association defines craft beer as that made by a relatively small, local or regional brewery, producing fewer than 6 million barrels annually, and that is less than 25% owned by big brewers. Photo Credit: John C. Fletcher for USA […]
Michele Nash-HoffAuthor, ‘Can American Manufacturing be Saved? Why We Should and How We Can’ Follow Michele Nash-Hoff on Twitter: www.twitter.com/saveusmfg How would you like to go shopping and find that everywhere you went, the label said “Made in the World” instead of “Made in China,” “Made in India,” “Made in USA” etc.? The label on products Americans […]
BEIJING – The Chinese are coming — to your local movie theater. With the fanfare from Superman, and toasts of red wine, representatives of Chinese company Wanda signed a deal in Beijing Monday morning to buy AMC, the second-largest theater chain in the USA.
