Maximizing Returns or Unethical Tax Avoidance? – Accountingweb.com

July 15, 2013

By Curtis C. Verschoor, CMA The subcommittee’s description of Apple’s strategies was quite different: “Apple Inc., a US corporation, has used a variety of offshore structures, arrangements, and transactions to shift billions of dollars in profits away from the United States and into Ireland, where Apple appears to have negotiated a special corporate tax arrangement […]

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Fabricating.com Finishes Year With 3000 Members – Industrial Distribution

July 15, 2013

Buyers turning to Fabricating.com for U.S. Supplier Discovery and Made-to-Order Parts Hoboken, NJ – Fabricating.com announced more than 3,000 Buyers, purchasing professionals, engineers, and contract manufacturers are registered members of their online sourcing network. Launched one year ago, the Fabricating.com marketplace helps Buyers build U.S. Supplier networks to manufacture made-to-order, made-in-the-USA parts.  With a growing […]

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Insourcing at GE: The Real Story – blogs.hbr.org (blog)

July 15, 2013

GE’s “insourcing” of appliance manufacturing to the U.S. has been trumpeted as a major reversal of the trend of sending jobs abroad to lower cost locations, and has been characterized in the press as a kind of “onshoring” story. I see it differently: as a “NUMMI deja vu” story. You may recall that NUMMI was […]

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Introducing InfoWorld’s New Tech Forum – InfoWorld (blog)

July 15, 2013

Credit: iStockphoto For years, consumer technology grabbed all the attention. But now that mobile and social have plateaued a bit, there’s little doubt enterprise technology is where the action is. With several big, established enterprise vendors focusing on shoring up their legacy products, VCs are pouring investments into enterprise startups that are bringing a feast […]

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WND Exclusive: Eligibility resurrected: Congress pays attention – WND.com

July 14, 2013

Text smaller Text bigger The dispute over Barack Obama’s eligibility was headline material in his first term, as lawsuits reached as high as the U.S. Supreme Court and the president released his purported “original” birth certificate from Hawaii in an attempt to silence the doubters. But there’s been a lot of silence over the past […]

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The cost dilemma facing the energy minister – BDlive

July 12, 2013

NEWLY appointed Energy Minister Ben Martins has an unenviable task. He has to address acute problems around the security of our energy supply, as well as the costs to consumers and industry. Manufacturing is one sector that depends heavily on stable and cost-effective energy sources to ensure its competitiveness. This is especially crucial now, as […]

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America’s Offshoring Debacle: Accounting For What Happened And Using Total … – Manufacturing & Technology News

July 12, 2013

America’s Offshoring Debacle: Accounting For What Happened And Using Total Cost Of Ownership To Determine The Best Place To Place Production By John Biagioni, General Manager of Viatran, a Dynisco Company When it comes to the reshoring debate, numbers help separate emotion from fact. Evidence is mounting from surveys and direct statements by leading manufacturers […]

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Some apparel manufacturing returning to US – The Strategic Sourceror (blog)

July 11, 2013

Apparel manufacturing experienced a high degree of offshoring, but some clothing companies are reshoring production to the U.S., according to USA Today. Major retailers such as Brooks Brothers and Saks are bringing operations back, along with many smaller retailers, which is expected to create approximately 1,000 new jobs. Brooks Brothers is relying on domestic manufacturing […]

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PC sales experience the Spinning Wheel of Death – Management Today

July 11, 2013

By Gabriella Griffith Thursday, 11 July 2013 Sales of PCs are (unsurprisingly) dropping – as Dell demands satisfaction and Apple gets into hot water The computer market is having an unsettled week. Sales in PCs, now increasingly the dinosaur of the computer world, have fallen for the fifth consecutive quarter – the longest decline in […]

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Subtle Shifts: How to Begin the On-Shoring Process – Business 2 Community

July 11, 2013

After addressing the primary reasons we see on-shoring as a high value choice for almost any modern company, it’s only appropriate that we discuss how you can begin the process now. The brief points below will give you a fast ways that you can get started moving your operations back to U.S. soil. Planning, Planning, […]

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