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Canada’s close ties with Asia of little concern to United States – Edmonton Journal

June 7, 2013

Stronger Canadian trade links with Asia are no threat to Canada’s largest trading partner, the United States, U.S. Ambassador David Jacobson said Tuesday. If it’s good for Canada to diversify its trade offshore, then it’s also good for the U.S., Jacobson said in an interview in Vancouver. The U.S. ambassador is in the city to […]

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Daily Pfennig: Brazil Drops Tax On Foreign Investment – Proactive Investors USA & Canada

June 7, 2013

RSS feed In This Issue. *  Euro rallies, A$ continues to get whacked.*  Yen continues to benefit from repatriation.*  ECB & BOE meet today.*  China braces for weak exports data. And, Now, Today’s Pfennig For Your Thoughts! Brazil Drops Tax On Foreign Investment. Good day. And A Tub Thumpin’ Thursday to […]

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Obama Manufacturing Jobs Goal Looks Remote As Sector Stalls – Huffington Post

June 7, 2013

On the campaign trail last year, President Barack Obama laid out a specific jobs goal that he said would help rebuild the country’s struggling middle class: Add 1 million new manufacturing positions to the U.S. economy by the end of his second term. That goal seems to be growing more elusive by the month. According […]

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Consumer confidence in WA falls to record low – WA today

June 7, 2013

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Obama Manufacturing Jobs Goal Looks Remote As Sector Stalls

June 6, 2013
Bush and expanded by Obama, as evidence of its commitment to America’s manufacturing base, which lost more than 5 million jobs during the first decade of the century. Of course, the idea of repatriating manufacturing jobs is politically popular on both …
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Manufacturing Resurgence or New Growth? – Business Insider

June 6, 2013

Axial Manufacturing Resurgence or New Growth? Private Equity and Politics: Is it Hurting Your Deal Flow? Week in Review: Shuanghui, Meeker, and Banking Crises How a Private Equity Firm Outmaneuvered a Cash-Rich Strategic 4 Ways to Beat the Summer Deal Sourcing Slowdown Over the past few years, the phrase “manufacturing resurgence” has grown in popularity […]

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Lenovo opens first production plant in US – Times of India

June 6, 2013

RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA: Three business reasons – quicker, closer and custom – prompted computer maker Lenovo to open its first US manufacturing operation in North Carolina instead of low-cost foreign locations like Mexico or China, its North American president said. Lenovo expects to finish hiring 115 production workers by the end of the month at […]

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Microsoft may find payoff by paying taxes – Yahoo!7 News

June 6, 2013

Wall Street is the last place you’d expect to find someone urging Microsoft to pay more taxes. But that was the heretical idea floated recently by Rick Sherlund at Nomura Group, one of the most influential analysts following the company. Sherlund’s provocative note comes amid growing scrutiny of how US tech giants stash profits overseas […]

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Emerging markets displace Europe as fulcrum of world risk – Telegraph.co.uk

June 5, 2013

Indeed we do. My fear is that a China-led BRICS shock will transmit a wave of deflation across the planet, pushing the West over the edge into another downward leg of trade depression. The eurozone polity cannot withstand such a blow. Youth unemployment is above 40pc in Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece, and “nominal” GDP […]

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Myanmar courts investors – Post (subscription)

June 5, 2013

Reuters Naypyidaw, Myanmar – Hundreds of world leaders and industry chiefs met in Myanmar Wednesday for Asia’s edition of the World Economic Forum, as the fast-changing nation woos foreign investors following the end of decades of harsh junta rule. Some 900 delegates […]

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