Question-and-Answer Session Operator [Operator Instructions] Your first question will come from Steve Levenson with Stifel. Stephen E. Levenson – Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc., Research Division Continue to surprise us and — mostly on the FSG side. So I was going to ask, was the result so strong because of, and I’ve got 4 choices […]
August 2013
Motorola’s new Moto X phone doesn’t cost more to make simply because it’s assembled in Texas, research firm IHS said Wednesday. The Moto X is the first smartphone to carry the “Made in the U.S.A.” designation. Labor costs are higher in the U.S. compared with Asian factories, where phones are typically made. But IHS said […]
Vaughn Larson Members of a Nicaraguan humanitarian rescue unit (UHR) spent three days in Wisconsin sharing search and extraction techniques with the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 273rd Engineer Company. They teamed up to build a shoring apparatus capable of bearing up to 13,000 pounds Aug. 18 at Volk Field, Wis. Wisconsin National […]
by Steve Costello Motorola may have “overturned the truism” that it is cheaper to produce products in Asia than North America with its US-made Moto X smartphone, according to a study by IHS. The research company said that the bill of materials (BOM) and manufacturing expense for the […]
A series of leading fund managers believe the trend towards onshoring and nearshoring production back from emerging to developed markets has much further to go. Onshoring is being driven by a combination of factors, not least rising wage inflation and declining competitiveness in emerging markets, while a number of developed nations are also benefiting from […]
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By Chuck Crumbo ccrumbo@scbiznews.com Published Aug. 28, 2013 ORLANDO, Fla. — Walmart’s two-day U.S. manufacturing summit held last week in Orlando yielded news that a handful of suppliers planned to invest more than $70 million in factory growth and create more than 1,000 jobs. The biggest deal in terms of jobs, though, was announced by […]
By Chuck Crumbo ccrumbo@scbiznews.com Published Aug. 28, 2013 ORLANDO, Fla. — Walmart’s two-day U.S. manufacturing summit held last week in Orlando yielded news that a handful of suppliers planned to invest more than $70 million in factory growth and create more than 1,000 jobs. The biggest deal in terms of jobs, though, was announced by […]
Question-and-Answer Session Operator [Operator Instructions] Our first question comes from the line of Hamzah Mazari with Crédit Suisse. Hamzah Mazari – Crédit Suisse AG, Research Division The first question, Bill, is just on — if you could maybe give some more color on the delta between the low end and the high end of guidance, […]
CARBONDALE — Southern Illinois University Carbondale has received $50,000 in U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration funding to foster economic growth, innovation and job retention and creation. In the last half-century, an increasing number of blue and white collar jobs in the United States have been outsourced to other countries, according to Kyle Harfst, […]
