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Manufacturing renaissance lost
by ROBERT ATKINSON and ADAMS NAGER on
Are happy days here again for American manufacturing? Optimists say yes: High global shipping costs, rising Chinese wages and a domestic shale gas boom are bringing appliance manufacturing back to Kentucky, creating automotive jobs in Tennessee and ... Read full article
Toyota Unveils Revamped Manufacturing Process
by YOKO KUBOTA (PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES) on
World’s best-selling auto maker to produce half its vehicles in this manner by 2020 ... Read full article
Yokohama Tire nearing completion in West Point
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Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi, Yokohama LLC's new commercial tire plant in West Point, is nearing completion. The roughly one-million-square-foot factory is on target to begin production in October, with many of its key milestones involving... Read full article
Here's your complete preview of this week's big economic events
by SAM RO (Image Credit - Reuters Abdrew Cullen) on
"The Committee anticipates that it will be appropriate to raise the target range for the federal funds rate when it has seen further improvement in the labor market and is reasonably confident that inflation will move back to its 2% objective over th... Read full article
Innovation Awards 2015: finalists in manufacturing sector
by Barry McCall (Image Credit: The Irish Times) on
In Ireland it allows Visa debit cardholders to pay bills up to €15 without going to the trouble of putting the card in the machine and entering a PIN number – all they have to do is scan the card across the surface of the reader and the bill gets pai... Read full article
Global Economy Weekahead: U.S. inflation, Greek tensions in focus
by GAVIN JONES on
(Reuters) - Markets still digesting an unexpectedly cautious message from the Federal Reserve will get more food for thought this week with U.S. inflation data and potentially rising risks of a Greek exit from the euro zone.... Read full article
One way China still really, really needs the U.S.
by Lydia DePillis (Photo Credit: Jim Young) on
China consumes way more soybeans, cotton and meat than it can produce. The U.S. is happy to provide.... Read full article
5 Reasons Bill Clinton Says U.S. Manufacturing Will Grow and Prosper
by Drew Greenblatt (Photo Credit: Dave Bohrer) on
Improving America's policies towards factories is critical to foster a strong middle class... Read full article
Make in India Vision Gets Major Push: Samsung, Sony To Start Manufacturing in India
by Arun Prabhudesai on
Samsung and Sony have announced their plans of setting up their manufacturing base in India, which is a major endorsement of the Make in India initiative. Both of these are global superstars of consumer electronics and this decision of theirs can ... Read full article
Trader Joe's named best grocery store in US; Kroger to beat Whole Foods on organic, natural: Retail
by Anna Marum (Photo Credit: The Associated Press) on
Trader Joe's, home of the infamous two-buck chuck (which costs closer to $3 now), took top honors in a recent survey of 100 national and regional grocery store chains... Read full article