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Michael Forbes Joins Elite Aviation Products’ Board of Directors

February 2, 2016
Elite is a proud contributor to the reshoring initiatives, focused on bringing manufacturing back to the United States. EAP’s focus on its core values and commitment to excellence has made the company an attractive, competitive standout to consumers and …
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Leggett Says He’s Willing to Develop Options to Privatize Department of Liquor Control

February 1, 2016
He said having the county continue to operate the stores, selling off county assets and repatriating new sales tax revenue to the county may be ways to offset revenue losses that would result if the DLC’s monopoly was eliminated. County Council member …
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What another contraction of manufacturing tells us

February 1, 2016
Other causes are at work, including increasing automation. But the much-hyped “reshoring” of manufacturing jobs is not happening. And that’s not good for the economy, or workers’ economic mobility, even if it doesn’t signal recession.
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Automation Threatens Jobs in Poor Nations, and May Propel More Illegal Immigration

January 31, 2016
Despite this, the authors argue that North America will be the big winner from this reshoring trend. Emerging markets, the prime beneficiaries of the prior wave of offshoring, would be the obvious losers. This, combined with ever-greater efficiency that is …
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Apple: More Bonds Please

January 31, 2016
Management has stated it will issue more debt this year, mostly to fund Apple’s capital return plan, primarily to avoid repatriating foreign funds and paying taxes. In this article, I detail a number of reasons why now is the best time for Apple to issue …
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Industry vet returns to plastics, buys Plasti-coil

January 31, 2016
“I see it as an opportunity because of the possibilities of reshoring a lot of these small components and tight-tolerance things that we do,” he said. “A lot of it left and went to China years ago. And as we know, China’s got a lot of issue
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Reshoring plus foreign direct investment remained strong in 2015

January 31, 2016
In a poll of attendees, 54% had reshored or said that their customer had,” commented Harry Moser, founder and president of the Reshoring Initiative. Tools for better supply chain sourcing decisions The Reshoring Initiative offers many tools and resources …
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Oman firms sending expat bosses home

January 30, 2016
Muscat – Companies have begun repatriating expatriates from highly-paid positions and tightening their spend on nationals as oil-driven austerity starts to dig into staff budgets. “Many companies are centralising their offices to reduce the workforce …
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Weaker dollar puts polish on Finlayson’s 140-year timber business

January 30, 2016
This so-called “reshoring” is not only being driven by a lower dollar but concerns about the lack of control over the manufacturing process at overseas factories. Finlayson’s director Michael Finlayson said the family-owned company had looked at …
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Low gas prices make for happy wallets

January 28, 2016
In fact, it’s already happening. Job losses, corporate loan defaults, reduced investments and an end to the recent reshoring trend are all propelling the U.S. toward recession. While conventional wisdom suggests we celebrate low oil prices as a consumer …
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