1. Cascadia Cup holders Portland begin their title defense in Seattle: More than a few MLS rivalries – actual and perceived – carry some sort of name or prize to justify their relevance. Only a few of them actually inspire the sort of enmity shared between Portland, Seattle and Vancouver. Caleb Porter’s side makes the […]

Nearly nine out of ten security vulnerabilities in Windows computers last year were the fault of popular third-party applications, as opposed to Microsoft’s own software. That’s according to security biz Secunia, which analysed flaws found in the most-used 50 Windows programs – 29 from Microsoft (including its OS) and 21 from third-party developers. In 2012, […]

<!–%Body$r("= “)$r(“= “)%–>Skibo touches on a significant issue in reshoring: When labor, transportation, stocking, customs, waste and other risks are factored in, the costs are nearly identical for many products, said Harry Moser, president of the Reshoring Initiative, an Illinois-based nonprofit that promotes reshoring. Source Article from http://www.centralpennbusiness.com/article/20130315/CPBJ01/303149998/Pequea-Machine-reshores-part-production-for-better-quality

Although China overtook the U.S. as the world’s largest manufacturing nation in 2010, the production margin between the two countries has been razor-thin. However, new data indicates that China recently widened its lead as the top global producer. According to the latest research from the United Nations, China has further outpaced its competitors in […]