Russia Says Received Ukraine’s Query On Savchenko Repatriation

April 19, 2016
The ministry said a court would consider the issue of repatriating Savchenko if Ukraine submits a formal request with the required paperwork, Russia’s state-owned RIA Novosti news agency reported. Savchenko, 34, was sentenced on March 22 on charges that …
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Maine congressional delegation aligning against Obama trade deal

April 19, 2016
Collins was critical of the deal in May 2015. “I am concerned that TPP will end up penalizing companies like New Balance that have remained committed to American manufacturing, rather than moving their production jobs overseas,” said Collins in a …
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Russia says court to consider issue of Savchenko’s repatriation: RIA

April 19, 2016
Thomson ReutersFormer Ukrainian army pilot Savchenko attends verdict hearing at court in Donetsk in Rostov region MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian Justice Ministry said on Wednesday a court would consider the issue of repatriating Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda …
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Why US Isn’t Losing As Many Jobs to China – All About America – Voice of America

April 19, 2016
Why US Isn’t Losing As Many Jobs to China – All About America  Voice of America

Sending American jobs overseas is a hot topic this presidential election year, with Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton promising to get.

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New York Primary: Highlights and Analysis

April 18, 2016
“If you want us to buy your products, you are going to have to start manufacturing those products in the United States of America,” Mr. Sanders said. Mr. Sanders also urged voters to come out and break the state’s record for voter turnout in the prim …
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Not bullish on metal, positive on oil: Hartmut Issel, UBS Wealth Management

April 18, 2016
They had their day, especially during February, I looked around the world and everybody was worried about China. Then the manufacturing side in the US came into play and then the banks in Europe, and certainly Italy, started seeing their funds problems …
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Coal’s demise threatens Appalachian miners, companies as production moves West

April 18, 2016
China’s consumption of a type of coal used in steel-making, called metallurgical coal, took off as the country’s manufacturing sector boomed and construction soared. Many companies charted growth strategies, particularly through debt-fueled acquisitions …
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Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton bid to prove their New York state of mind

April 18, 2016
He may lose some delegates in more conservative Upstate which has been hard hit by manufacturing job losses, but he has campaigned there too, promising to revitalise employment. New York has some tricky Republican delegate allocation rules. The winner of …
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The End of Free Trade?

April 17, 2016
To make America “win” again, he proposes tariffs and “onshoring, or ‘repatriation,’…to take back the jobs China is stealing.” Trump and Sanders promise to save American manufacturing from the jaws of outsourcing and return the Rust Belt to …
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How much could the return of factory jobs add up to?

April 17, 2016
Some factory work is indeed returning from offshore, a movement known as “re-shoring.” A group called the Reshoring Initiative estimated that over the past five years, as many as 100,000 factory jobs have returned from overseas. But some in manufacturing …
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