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Congress plans no votes on Export-Import Bank as authorization set to run out
by Jim Spencer Star Tribune (Photo: Phoenix Solutions Co.) on
No vote has been scheduled to save the 80-year-old bank, which supporters say helps businesses large and small sell abroad.... Read full article
US manufacturing: What does the future hold?
by Jack Garland & Kim Gittleson on
Will the future of manufacturing involve increasingly sophisticated robotics and virtual reality machines?... Read full article
Ford Caps Giant China Manufacturing Initiative
by Bill Visnic on
Ford Motor (F) pushes the start button today on an all-new engine plant in China’s Jiangxi province, finishing off an wide-ranging manufacturing expansion the company said was its most ambitious in the last half-century.... Read full article
Made in China 2025: How Beijing is revamping its manufacturing sector
by Li Hui on
A look at why the Chinese government is giving manufacturing a makeover and the sectors that will be affected... Read full article
Tuesday's letters: Trade measure supports Florida manufacturing
by Trade Promotion Authority on
If Florida were a country, its $800 billion economy would make it the 19th largest economy in the world. Our state is poised to play a huge role in the global marketplace.... Read full article
Illinois manufacturing coasting on fumes
by PG Veer (ShutterStock Image) on
Once an industrial powerhouse, Illinois is economically draining its population, most notably in the manufacturing sector.... Read full article
Demographics are going to cause the US economy to see decades of slower growth
by PAUL KASRIEL, on
Let’s look at some of the excesses that existed before the onset of the last recession. By the way, these excesses were observable in the years leading up to the recession and financial crisis if anyone was curious enough to look at them. ... Read full article
Apparel Wholesaler Gildan Takes On Hanes, Fruit of the Loom
by Ashley Rodriguez on
Gildan, a wholesale apparel manufacturer, is making strides toward becoming a retail clothier in its own right. The brand, which broke into the retail market in 2011, went up against Hanes and Fruit of the Loom in the men's underwear space and is pre... Read full article
China Cuts Rates to Halt a Slide in Its Economy
by By DAVID BARBOZA and KEITH BRADSHERMAY on
SHANGHAI — Hoping to shore up a weakening economy, China said on Sunday that it would cut benchmark interest rates for the third time in five months.... Read full article
U.S. economy rebounding with solid, if unspectacular, job gains
by Dallas News on
The U.S. job market rebounded in April, the government said Friday, helping to ease worries that the economy was on the brink of another extended slowdown after a bleak winter. But the growth in jobs failed to translate, once again, into any signific... Read full article