Between PRC spying, increasingly strategic IT, and costs rising towards levels that make US manufacturing competitive, more US manufacturers should consider onshore building of computers. Motorola recently announced phones that will be American-made. This reflects the erosion of overseas advantages that is reversing off-shoring. Apple, the poster child for Chinese manufacturing, is bringing back […]

A turbulent political transition: from hope … In February 2011, a youth-led movement toppled President Hosni Mubarak. A 30 year-dictatorship ended in 18 days. About 800 people died. As elsewhere is the Arab world, the popular uprising intended to subvert an élite-centric political and economic system. The military, led by commander-in-chief and defense minister Mohamed […]

updated: 6/17/2013 6:40:50 AM InsideINdianaBusiness.com Report A Hancock County manufacturer appears to be part of a trend that is bringing production back to the United States. Fortville-based Genesis Plastics Welding says it is being approached by more customers who want products made in the U.S., as opposed to […]

Cyber Warfare http://www.acus.org/new_atlanticist/cybered-conflict-vs-cyber-war When US President Obama met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, he was planning to raise the thorny issue of China’s alleged sustained hacking of US computers and ongoing theft of US intellectual property. The importance of the issue of Chinese hacking had been heightened in recent months with the escalation in reports […]