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By JOSEPH BERGERPublished: August 7, 2012 The hulking five-story brick factory, complete with an emblematic smokestack, once braided rope for New York’s shipbuilding industry and employed hundreds of blue-collar workers. It no longer makes rope, but in a promising twist for the city’s survival as a place where things are […]
By Matt Steiner August 01, 2012 Millions of U.S. jobs have been lost due to American businesses seeking lower cost alternatives to manufacture their goods in other countries. I understand the importance of allowing free trade, but this has gone way too far. Our economy has suffered greatly from it. As a […]
Many U.S. trade schools, such as the Lanier Technical College outside Atlanta, are seeing a jump in enrollment in manufacturing-related programs as need for skilled factory workers explodes. | Photo Credit: Lanier Technical College By Parija Kavilanz July 31, 2012 NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Trade schools nationwide are bursting at the seams as demand for skilled […]
August 1, 2012 American Made Dorm launched its college bedding line earlier this year to meet the needs of college students who seek stylish, high quality bedding made in America. Regarding the company’s product line expansion, Caroline Eager, founder, commented, “American Made Dorm has made the decision to expand into the home bedding market due […]
By Bernie Becker07/30/12 The Commerce Department, in a preliminary Monday decision, announced that it was setting tariffs as high as 82 percent on large washing machines made in South Korea and Mexico. Spurred on by a complaint from Whirlpool, the department’s International Trade Commission placed anti-dumping duties on washers […]
By Carolyn Shapiro The Virginian-Pilot July 30, 2012 VIRGINIA BEACH At a small table surrounded by a crowd at the Ynot Wednesdays? Farmers Market, Shannon Rice offered samples of her goat cheese infused with herbs or sun-dried tomatoes. “I do all my own milking and everything,” Rice told a couple during the weekly market at Town […]
Tower sections for wind turbines made in China were unloaded at Long Beach, Calif., in 2010. The government said it increased the duties because China sold the towers at less than fair value. | Photo Credit: Tim Rue/Bloomberg News By DIANE CARDWELLPublished: July 27, 2012 Chinese manufacturers have been illegally selling steel […]
Michele SimonPublic Health Lawyer07/30/2012 Grocery Manufacturers Association Long-time Obstructionist of Public HealthIn case you had any doubt that California’s Prop 37 — which would require labeling of food containing genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) — is a significant threat to industry, a top food lobby has now made it perfectly clear. […]
Alan Uke07/27/2012 Media attention recently homed in on the revelation that the United States Olympic Team’s uniforms, designed by Ralph Lauren, were made in China. Senate majority leader Harry Reid ignited the controversy by expressing his shock over the decision to make the uniforms in China, even calling for all […]
Tim Worstall, Contributor 7/29/2012 The reason we can’t end poverty in America is not because the country isn’t rich enough to do that: it is rather because of the ignorance of those who would end poverty in America. Peter Edelman has an Op/Ed in the New York Times which shows this to horrific effect. And what’s […]
