WABCO Holdings’ CEO Discusses Q4 2012 Results – Earnings Call Transcript – Seeking Alpha

February 15, 2013

Question-and-Answer Session Operator (Operator Instructions) Our first question comes from David Leiker with Baird. David Leiker – Baird I guess just two things I want to touch on. On the China side, we’re hearing some talk that some of the sub-segments, the vocational truck markets doing a little bit better, the freight markets not up […]

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Weekly Mobile Notes: Apple, Nokia And Qualcomm – Trefis

February 15, 2013

The past week saw quite a few developments in the mobile sector. Apple’s (NASDAQ: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 […]

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Harry Moser to Speak at Inaugural Reshoring Summit

February 15, 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 …
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Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine Recognizes Dave Noble of … – SBWire (press release)

February 15, 2013

Pittsburgh, PA — (SBWIRE) — 02/15/2013 — Supply & Demand Chain Executive magazine, an international B2B publication that provides mission-critical editorial to address the issues and challenges of the supply chain, today announced the names of its 2013 “Pros to Know” awards winners. Dave Noble, vice-president of sales and marketing for robotic industrial truck […]

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Alliance formed to foster natural products development in North Carolina – South Carolina SC (press release)

February 15, 2013

An assortment of nonprofit  groups has formed the Natural Products Alliance of North Carolina, an official with the group said. The alliance will help regional companies grow, formulate, test, make, and brand their botanically-based products in one vertical pipeline. Western North Carolina is an ideal place for such an organiztion to take root, said one […]

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Currency ‘War’ or ‘Revolution’? – The Market Oracle

February 15, 2013

Currencies / Fiat Currency Feb 15, 2013 – 03:44 PM GMT By: Julian_DW_Phillips Talk of a Currency War is becoming much more frequent these days. What’s meant by this is that the competitive devaluations of currencies, which has gone on for such a long time -many years in fact–is going to become destructive to real […]

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Is a Manufacturing Rebound Really Happening? – Moneynews

February 15, 2013

U.S. manufacturing is supposed to be rebounding, bringing thousands of jobs back to our shores. Is it really? Information from the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank shows a much more subdued picture. In fact, it’s not clear much of a rebound is happening, notes Slate, pointing to the Fed’s data. Before the Great Recession began, […]

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Capex Recovery Will Fuel a Super Bull Market: Belski – Yahoo! Finance (blog)

February 15, 2013

After 15 years of cutting costs, hoarding cash and lowering debt, it’s go time for corporate America. That’s the crux of a bullish investment case being fostered by Brian Belski, chief investment strategist at BMO Capital Markets. He says we are on the cusp of a major cycle of Capex or corporate reinvestment. “We want […]

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Kudlow: Obama’s No-Growth State of the Union Message – CNBC.com (blog)

February 14, 2013

He could have proposed lowering business tax rates from 35 percent (really 40 percent when you figure in the states) to 25 percent. He could have suggested that small businesses, now paying 40 percent, be made eligible to become C-corps, so that their tax rates also drop to 25 percent. He could have proposed repatriating […]

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The Audacity of Jobs – Huffington Post

February 14, 2013

President Obama used his State of the Union address to shift the legislative and national focus from austerity (the debt and deficit) to audacity (growth and economic development). Some pundits assert that in doing so he was taking his eye off the ball. We would argue quite the contrary. Putting jobs and wages in the […]

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