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Robert Barone: Should you invest with confidence? – Reno Gazette Journal

November 30, 2014

Robert Barone(Photo: Submitted to the RGJ) If an economist from the 1970s, ’80s or ’90s were to have time traveled forward to today, and that economist were to look at the macroeconomic environment, he/she would conclude that, despite the negativity of the media, the U.S. economy is actually doing well. • Third quarter real GDP […]

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Gold Waiting for Godot – The Market Oracle

November 28, 2014

Commodities / Gold and Silver 2014 Nov 28, 2014 – 12:23 PM GMT By: Alasdair_Macleod Alternatively, watching paint dry. That’s how it has felt this week with gold’s volatility slowing to a crawl ahead of Thanksgiving yesterday and the Swiss gold referendum on Monday. However, Open Interest[i] on Comex[ii], has suddenly collapsed for both gold […]

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Markets Live: Oil plunge fuels ASX losses – Sydney Morning Herald

November 28, 2014

9:10am: Local shares are poised to open lower, with most commodities sliding after OPEC opted to hold firm on the group’s current production level. Here’s what you need2know: • SPI futures down 17 pts at 5397 • AUD at 85.46 US cents, 100.71 Japanese yen, 68.56 Euro cents and 54.34 British […]

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Port Congestion Is Bad for LA’s Future – Forbes

November 26, 2014

The logistics bottleneck currently impacting Los Angeles/Long Beach, Seattle, Oakland and other west coast ports is being explained as a confluence of little problems morphing into a big problem. Many commentators blame chassis shortages. Others blame bigger vessels. Some even invoke weather problems months ago to explain why cargo like apples, meat, and other agricultural […]

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Ready. Set. Reshore. The Challenges (And Rewards) Of Onshoring – Manufacturing Business Technology

November 25, 2014

As a contract manufacturer, I have dedicated my career to building and sustaining a company in an industry that, until recently, had structured its business model around sending the majority of its contracting business overseas. I say until recently, because put a finger to the wind, and things seem to be shifting. There’s concrete evidence […]

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Should the government do more to support manufacturing? – The Economic Voice

November 24, 2014

Reviving the British manufacturing sector is a key government policy, with an ambitious target to increase exports to £1 trillion by 2020 and a new body, Reshore UK, being set up to make it easier for companies to bring their manufacturing back to the UK. The uplift in reshoring is being heralded as […]

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Manufacturing jobs returning to U.S. as southern labor standards drag down … – UPI.com

November 21, 2014

NEW YORK, Nov. 21 (UPI) — Although the American automotive industry continues to add jobs, those jobs are not necessarily high paying, as manufacturing wages across the U.S. are in decline. According to a new study by the National Employment Law Center, manufacturing jobs widely perceived as high paying are now not even enough to […]

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Manufacturing Trends in 2015 – Automation World

November 19, 2014

As we approach the end of the year, it’s often interesting to reflect on some of the trends we saw during that time. How many times do you suppose we heard the word “reshoring” over the past year? I think it’s safe to say that stories and sometimes debates about the return of manufacturing to […]

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Reshoring gathers steam – FT Adviser

November 19, 2014

The reshoring of jobs from low-cost, high-volume countries, such as India and China, is gathering pace as companies look to improve quality and reassess their financial, logistical and distribution needs. A recent report by consultancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), entitled ‘Fit for Business’, shows nearly two thirds of 384 non-financial […]

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Textiles revivalists AMA Group secure £150000 investment into County Durham … – The Journal

November 18, 2014

A clothing manufacturer which aims to revive the textiles industry in the North East has secured a £150,000 investment to support its move into the supermarket sector. Peterlee-based AMA Group has received investment from the Finance for Business North East Angel Fund, through the fund’s managers, Rivers Capital Partners. Former Claremont Garments directors David and […]

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