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Veterans Benefits Bill Blocked
Senate Republicans derailed efforts to move forward with a $21 billion bill to enhance health care, education and job benefits for veterans. Republicans stopped the veterans bill from moving on a procedural vote, which needed 60 votes. The final tally was 56-41. Republicans and Democrats normally agree on the need to enhance benefits for the […]
U.S. Olive Oil Producers Want Stricter Guidelines For Imports
Bottles of California oil display certification stickers. (Susan Walsh / Associated Press) If you think an olive oil imported from Italy or Spain is superior to one made in California, U.S. olive oil producers would like to have a word with you. They’re looking to change the perception of domestic olive […]
Why China's Ugly Manufacturing Report Should Be Ignored
China’s HSBC flash (preliminary) manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) fell to a seven-month low of 48.3 in February. This was significantly worse than the 49.5 reading expected by economists. Any reading below 50 signals contraction in China’s manufacturing sector.Markets around the world started selling after the report came out.However, economists agree that […]
NoNetz Defies Industry Experts
NoNetz anti chafe swimwear for boys and men have been advised by top business and fashion experts to move production from the USA to China. They are committing to stay. Mahopac, NY – February 13th, 2014 NoNetz announced today that they will do everything in their power to continue […]
U.S. Olympian Duffle Bags Made By Local Company
A local company is helping Team USA carry their equipment in style during these winter games. Fieldtex makes duffle bags for medical and military equipment. They wanted to make bags for Olympians and sent e-mails to U.S. outfitter Ralph Lauren that went unanswered. It turns out Ralph Lauren found them. “One of their designers was […]
Riverside To Close Cut/Sew Factory, Laying Off 140 People
MOULTRIE — Rumors that a major change was in the making for Riverside Manufacturing Co., a mainstay garment manufacturer and employer in Moultrie since 1911, were verified Tuesday. Some 140 employees will lose their jobs. Riverside officials said it is closing its cutting, sewing and warehousing operations here in […]
Medicines Made in India Set Off Safety Worries
NEW DELHI — India, the second-largest exporter of over-the-counter and prescription drugs to the United States, is coming under increased scrutiny by American regulators for safety lapses, falsified drug test results and selling fake medicines. Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg, the commissioner of the United States Food and Drug Administration, arrived in […]
Manufacturing Renaissance Real, Maybe Not What You Think
America’s heavy manufacturing was once a source of national pride. Think of Rosie the Riveter posters during World War II or the huge post-war factories that shaped skylines of cities like Cleveland and Pittsburgh. In the 20th century, America’s factories produced more than those of any other country. But […]
Senate Bill Would Benefit Manufacturing
Sen. Sharon Brown and Kennewick Mayor Steve Young hope a proposed pilot program will help the Tri-Cities and other areas draw in more manufacturers. Together, they came up with an idea that would allow manufacturers to reinvest some of what they would normally pay in business and occupation tax […]
Foxconn To Begin Manufacturing TVs in U.S. Soon?
Foxconn looks likely to begin manufacturing large-screen TVs in the US soon Last month the company’s chairman, Terry Gou, said the manufacturing giant was “studying the feasibility” of opening a display manufacturing plant in the US, but according to a report from The Wall Street Journal, Gou is now more bullish on the possibility. “We have many […]
Foxconn Chairman Hopes to Step Back from Role
Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou spent the last morning of the Lunar New Year festival praying for a year of good business, holding incense sticks aloft in front of a spread of fruit and other offerings. It was partly why the boss of the world’s largest electronics manufacturer was particularly […]
Getting Back To Work
World’s largest retailer shoots for success where government is failing. Now here’s an economic stimulus plan America can get behind. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has pledged to buy $250 billion in American made-products during the next 10 years. The company is promoting the initiative in a series of ads broadcast […]
Bill Encourages US-Made Flags For Veterans' Graves
Local governments in Michigan could soon be restricted from buying American flags made outside the U.S. for veterans’ graves. LANSING (AP) — Local governments in Michigan could soon be restricted from buying American flags made outside the U.S. for veterans’ graves. The state Senate on Tuesday is expected to give […]
8 Star Automobiles Made at American UAW Plants
After a contentious battle pitting the United Auto Workers (UAW) against Republican politicians and party operatives in Tennessee, workers at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga voted against unionizing 712 to 626. That kept the UAW from entering a foreign automaker’s U.S. plant for the first time in the South. Opponents of the plant’s unionization ranged […]
The Real State Of The Union For Workers
WASHINGTON — “The state of our union is strong,” President Obama will tell the country tonight, echoing a sentiment shared by nearly every executive before him. But just how strong is it for the country’s working people, particularly those on the lower end of the income scale? The number […]
Wanted: A Job-Creating Manufacturing Policy
Faced with a sluggish economy and a Congress expected to be notably unproductive, President Obama is calling for “a year of action.” Where he can, he says, he’ll go it alone. And thus we have the manufacturing institute that his administration awarded earlier this month to a consortium in Raleigh, N.C. […]
President Raises Minimum Wage For Federal Contractors
A construction worker pauses at the Second Avenue Subway project site in New York, Jan. 10, 2014. SPENCER PLATT/GETTY The president will raise the minimum wage for federal contractors to $10.10, NBC News has learned. He will announce the executive order during Tuesday’s State of the Union address. This means that new contracts for construction […]
Jay Carney Says Obama Will 'Bypass Congress' In 2014
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney predicted that President Barack Obama will “bypass Congress” when necessary in 2014, taking unilateral executive action to carry out his agenda. Speaking on ABC’s “This Week” ahead of Tuesday’s State of the Union address, Carney was asked how the president could get things done this year, when Republicans in […]
Congressman Thompson's Provision for American Flags Passes
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Mike Thompson’s (D-St. Helena) bipartisan provision requiring every American flag purchased by the Department of Defense (DOD) to be 100-percent manufactured in the United States, from articles, materials, or supplies that are 100-percent of grown, produced or manufactured in the United States, was passed by the House […]
Honda Exports More U.S. Cars Than it Imports
From 2010, here is the 100,000th Honda Civic produced at the Honda Manufacturing of Indiana plant in Greensburg, Ind. Honda now exports more than imports (Photo: Wieck) DETROIT — For the first time since building its first Accord in Marysville, Ohio, Honda exported more U.S-made cars than it imported from Japan […]
Foxconn in Talks With Multiple U.S. States for Manufacturing
Foxconn’s founder and Chairman Terry Gou told reporters any U.S. investment would not be for labor-intensive manufacturing such as assembling smartphones and tablet computers. Photographer: Ashley Pon/Bloomberg Foxconn Technology Group, the maker of Apple Inc.’s iPhone, is in talks with U.S. states including Arizona and Colorado to build advanced manufacturing facilities as part […]
Not Just Patriotic, U.S. Manufacturing May Be Smart
General Electric’s Appliance Park has been in Louisville, Ky., since 1951. But it’s putting new power behind its U.S. production. The advantages to making products in the U.S. are starting to stack up — and companies are taking notice. Among them are Apple, and General Electric, which is making big investments at home. It’s […]
The Reason 600,000 U.S. Manufacturing Jobs Vanished
This isn’t your father’s America. Gone are the days you could graduate high school, get a job at a local factory, and have a job for life. The data suggests manufacturing jobs are in a permanent decline. Even so, we’re now manufacturing more and more stuff in the United […]
As Overseas Costs Rise, More U.S. Companies Are 'Reshoring'
Paul Gibson works on the Geo-Spring hybrid water heater at General Electric’s Louisville, Ky., plant. For many years, GE outsourced manufacturing of the water heater to a company in China. But in 2009, it decided to bring production back to the U.S. | Photo Credit: Jackie Northam/NPR For decades, American companies have been sending their […]
China's Moon Rover "Jade Rabbit" in Trouble
The rover Jade Rabbit, also known as Yutu, has been exploring the Moon’s soil China’s Jade Rabbit Moon rover is in trouble after experiencing a “mechanical control abnormality”, state media report. The Moon exploration vehicle ran into problems due to the moon’s “complicated lunar surface environment”, Xinhua news agency […]
Patriotic style: Team USA reveals Olympic Opening Ceremony Uniforms
The TODAY anchors got into the Olympic spirit, dressing up in the official Team USA uniforms as Ralph Lauren’s David Lauren (center, left) made the big reveal. TODAY The 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics are only two weeks away, and so it’s about time we got a close look at our athletes’ festive wardrobe. They’re 100 […]
President Obama’s 2014 State of the Union Address
On Tuesday, January 28 at 9pm ET, President Obama will deliver his fifth State of the Union Address. This year there will be more ways than ever to take part in the State of the Union, including a new way to watch the speech and share exclusive graphics with your […]
China's Exports Linked To Western U.S. Air Pollution
Vehicles move slowly through heavy smog in Beijing on Thursday, January 16. China’s manufacturing of exports generates pollution that harms air quality — not only in Asia but also all the way across the Pacific Ocean in the Western United States, according to a new study. (CNN) — Pollution doesn’t respect national […]
US Consumers To Blame For Some Air Pollution From China
The downtown Los Angeles skyline on December 14, 2011 (AFP Photo/Frederic J. Brown) Washington (AFP) – Air pollution from China blows across the Pacific Ocean and ends up over the US west coast — and American consumerism is to blame for a portion of it, said a study Monday. […]
