WASHINGTON —  We instinctively assign national identities to large global corporations. Toyota is Japanese; IBM is American; Siemens is German; Samsung is Korean. We assume these big firms reflect their national origins and act as informal instruments of government policy. Up to a point, this is probably true. Companies’ personalities do embody […]

Alan Mayer A notable trend in investment banking involves new private-equity and hedge funds focused solely on financing “reshoring” or “insourcing” — the return of manufacturing jobs from overseas to domestic plants. Manufacturing companies interested in positioning themselves as attractive acquisition candidates should take a hard look at local manufacturing. During the […]

But now, finally, there’s a glimmer of hope. In the last three years, 50,000 jobs have been “reshored,” in the words of Harry Moser, president of Reshoring Initiative. In an interview with the Huffington Post, Moser explains that companies aren’t returning to the U.S. out of the goodness of their hearts. No, in fact, […]

This transcript is automatically generated Recovery what recovery are pretty bleak picture painted by UCLA’s Anderson forecast economist Ed — Goes so far as the quote it’s kind of recovery it’s not even normal — it’s bad. Oh and by the way Jamie Dimon says things are very volatile. I don’t know I’m about ready […]