Cameron Says Improving Economy May Allow UK to Reduce Taxes – Businessweek

July 21, 2013

U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron said the U.K. economy is “healing” and that should allow the government to cut taxes. “As we start to see the economy grow stronger — and it is growing stronger — as we start to see the country improve, actually I want to give people back some of their hard-earned […]

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Cameron Says Improving Economy May Allow UK to Reduce Taxes – Bloomberg

July 21, 2013

U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron said the U.K. economy is “healing” and that should allow the government to cut taxes. “As we start to see the economy grow stronger — and it is growing stronger — as we start to see the country improve, actually I want to give people back some of their hard-earned […]

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Waiting for Onshoring

July 21, 2013
To listen to most discussions of U.S. manufacturing these days one would not be faulted for believing that we have turned the ship of decline around, that production jobs are coming back and that the on-shoring good times are finally here. We see this …
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Bracing for Worse, Mazda Enjoying Weak Yen – Wall Street Journal (blog)

July 19, 2013

By Yoree Koh As Masamichi Kogai takes the reins as president of Mazda Motor Co. he does so under what has become rather unusual circumstances for an incoming chief executive at a Japanese auto maker, especially his own: the company is not in crisis mode. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Masamichi Kogai speaks as he is named […]

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The bigger picture with high tech manufactuirng – Business Spectator

July 17, 2013

As a supply chain practitioner in the High Tech industry for 10 years and having covered the industry as an analyst for two years, I tend to keep an eye out for high tech supply chain stories. Over the last year, there have been several announcements about opening sites in the US or at least […]

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Key Points in Barbara Buono’s Economic Plan for New Jersey – newjerseynewsroom.com

July 17, 2013

BY MICHAEL HAYNE NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM COMMENTARY Despite lacking Christie’s vast unlimited campaign coffers and still mostly known as the lead singer from U2, Barbara Buono unveiled her economic plan for the state. Naturally, her plan contrasts sharply with Lord Special Election. Unveiled yesterday, Buono’s plan primarily focuses on shoring up a forgotten […]

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Could offshored jobs be coming home? – Insurance Business

July 16, 2013

The trend among insurance companies to offshore jobs has incensed the broking community and has left some questioning their relationships with those efficiency-driven businesses, but this fad could be much more short-lived than feared. The latest situation to rile the industry is QBE’s plan to create 700 roles in the […]

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Made in the US: Is America Making a Manufacturing Comeback? – Huffington Post

July 15, 2013

As a trained industrial designer, part of my former job was to anticipate consumer needs — sometimes before consumers themselves even knew what they wanted. So in a way, I guess you could say I can see the future. In our near future, I see American-made products that are designed and manufactured here exploding, right […]

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Budget’s ‘Gut Punch’ For 50% Polymers Expansion – Bahamas Tribune

July 15, 2013

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net A top manufacturer’s plans to expand plant capacity by 50 per cent have been sent back to the drawing board by the Budget, delaying a project that promises to create up to 50 permanent Bahamian jobs. Greg Ebelhar, head of Freeport-based Polymers International, told Tribune Business that new […]

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Why The Shorts Are Wrong About Linn Energy – Seeking Alpha

July 15, 2013

There has been a vociferous debate on the merits of Linn Energy (LINE), both on the pages of Seeking Alpha, as well as veteran publications like Barron’s. Whether you are long, short, or have no position in the underlying securities, this is a fascinating debate in which investors are learning a lot about the MLP […]

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