How to revive US manufacturing – PakistanToday.com.pk

February 17, 2013

via Bloomberg  0  39 mins ago   |    It’s debatable whether President Barack Obama can revive U.S. manufacturing, as he proposed in his State of the Union address. It isn’t debatable whether he should try. The U.S. […]

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Give voters credit – Washington Post (blog)

February 17, 2013

Republicans despondent about the 2012 election losses sometimes take to complaining about the electorate. Citizens are “low information voters,” or they have gotten seduced by the culture of dependency, some Republicans complained. Well, it is never a good idea to blame the customer or the voter if you want his or her support. Moreover, voters […]

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Obama needs Zen-like focus for manufacturing revival – Bradenton Herald

February 17, 2013

It’s debatable whether President Barack Obama can revive U.S. manufacturing, as he proposed in his State of the Union address. It isn’t debatable whether he should try. The United States can already go toe-to-toe with (or beat) other countries on energy costs, workforce quality, supply networks and legal rights — even if it can’t (and […]

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Harry Moser to Speak at Inaugural Reshoring Summit – Aerospace Manufacturing and Design

February 17, 2013

The event, scheduled for March 12-14, will take place in Cleveland, Ohio at the Cleveland Marriott Downtown in the Key Center. As part of the opening day events Harry Moser, founder of the Reshoring Initiative, will present “The Reshoring Assessment: A Total-Cost Analysis.” The in-depth presentation will focus on establishing the proper procedures […]

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Horsemeat scandal shows dangers of the Single Market – UKIP

February 16, 2013

Horsemeat scandal shows dangers of the Single Market Saturday, 16th February 2013 The unfolding saga of horsemeat found in beef products in the UK shows what a mess the single market is leaving Britain in, argues UKIP. Stuart Agnew MEP, UKIP Spokesman on agriculture and a long-time farmer himself, said: “This is quite simply the […]

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Obama’s No-Growth State of the Union – RealClearPolitics

February 16, 2013

By far the best line from this week’s dueling State of the Union messages came from Florida Sen. Marco Rubio. Nice and simple, and right to the point: “Presidents in both parties — from John F. Kennedy to Ronald Reagan — have known that our free-enterprise economy is the source of our middle-class prosperity.” That’s […]

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Energy News Roundup: President’s Day Weekend Edition – AOL Government

February 15, 2013

California has traditionally thought of itself as the leader in US environmental policy; where the state goes, the nation follows. If that’s the case, the next round of clean energy policy promises to be no more decisive or conclusive than the last ten years of lawsuits and countersuits. A 2006 law passed by voters in […]

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Agilent Technologies Earnings Call Insights: Cost Control and Tax Repatriation – Wall St. Cheat Sheet

February 15, 2013

Agilent Technologies Inc (NYSE:A) recently reported its first quarter earnings and discussed the following topics in its earnings conference call. Cost Control Jon Groberg – Macquarie Securities: So obviously a lot of questions to go through here. So I will let others hop in. But I guess very big picture on some of your last […]

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Weekly Mobile Notes: Apple, Nokia And Qualcomm – Seeking Alpha

February 15, 2013

The past week saw quite a few developments in the mobile sector. Apple’s (AAPL) stock rose at the start of the week on rumors that the company could be looking to return more cash to shareholders, as more details about Einhorn’s lawsuit against Apple came to light. Data about Windows Phone usage stats for the […]

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Mexico: A Future Beneficiary of the Re-shoring Phenomenon? – Moneynews

February 15, 2013

Special Economic Analysis Summary Wages have shot up so quickly in China in recent years that manufacturing labor costs are now within 7 percent of manufacturing labor costs in Mexico, creating, all of a sudden, an exciting opportunity for Mexico to displace China […]

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