Manufacturing Renaissance? Exports, Reshoring Could Bring 5M Jobs to U.S.
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By Jennifer BootonSeptember 21, 2012 An expected surge in exports could help create up to five million U.S. jobs by 2020, according to a report released Friday by the Boston Consulting Group.…
In Manufacturing Shift, Made in U.S. but Sold in China
Viktor Sitnikov assembled a faucet at the Watermark Design factory in East New York on Thursday. | Photo Credit: Kirsten Luce for The NYT
By JIM DWYERSeptember 20, 2012 Standing over a small tank of water in a Brooklyn…
Living Paycheck To Paycheck: Two-Thirds Of Americans Are Struggling To Get By
Reuters | By Jim Forsyth Posted: 09/20/2012 SAN ANTONIO, Sept 19 (Reuters) - More than two-thirds of Americans are now living paycheck to paycheck, according to a survey released on Wednesday by the American…
The Made In America Movement Teams Up With All American Clothing Co.
Dayton, OH (PRWEB) September 20, 2012 The Made In America Movement highlights American manufacturers to educate consumers on the importance of buying American made products. It`s latest partnership is with the All…
A Label That Has Regained Its Luster
From left, John Kieselhorst, Dave Schiff and Scott Prindle, founders of Made. | Photo Credit: Benjamin Rasmussen for The New York Times
By ALEX WILLIAMSSeptember 14, 2012 REMEMBER the Chrysler K-car? Dave Schiff,…
Advanced Solar CPV Manufacturing Plant to Open in NC this Month
SEPTEMBER 17, 2012 BY ANDREW BURGER Semprius is readying the opening of its first manufacturing facility later this month in Henderson, North Carolina. With backing and support from the Obama Administration, the…
U.S. to File W.T.O. Case Against China Over Cars
Workers assemble cars at Beijing Automotive Group factory in Zhuzhou China. | Photo Creidt: Wangwei-CHINATOPIX via Associated Press
By KEITH BRADSHERSeptember 16, 2012 The Obama administration plans to file a broad…
Agribusinesses Owning Natural/Organic Brands Betray Customers: Fund Attack on GMO Labeling Proposal in California
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CORNUCOPIA, WI: Proposition 37, a citizen’s initiative on the ballot on November 6 in California, would mandate clear labeling of genetically engineered (GE) ingredients on food packages. It has become…
‘Entrepreneurial Nation’: How Made in America is Returning
by Uttara Choudhury Sep 12, 2012 New York: Ro Khanna, a former deputy assistant secretary of commerce in the White House and Congressional aspirant, thinks “Made in America” is making a comeback. In the 1970s,…
10 Ways to Rejuvenate Your Brain While You Work
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YOUR BRAIN AT WORK | Geil Browning
Sep 10, 2012
Going to Africa--literally or figuratively--refreshes your brain, which helps you be alert, and propels you forward.
In his last column,…
