How Natural Gas is Bringing Jobs Back to America – Motley Fool

February 9, 2013

One of the biggest companies affected by this trend that the guys discuss in this video is GE. For GE, the recent financial crisis struck a blow, but management took advantage of the market’s dip to make strategic bets in energy. If you’re a GE […]

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Free Trade Twist: China No Longer Cheapest Labor – Heritage.org (blog)

February 9, 2013

Photo credit: Newscom As wages in China rise with economic growth, some companies are beginning to look elsewhere for what was once China’s selling point: cheap labor. It just highlights the power that free trade provides—growing economies and raising living standards. Consider that wages in China are five times greater than they were in […]

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Policy for a stronger ringgit – The Star Online

February 9, 2013

<!–GA_googleFillSlot(“Business_Story_toptext”);–> IT seems there is a trampoline of late any time the ringgit tries to strengthen below the RM3 to the US$1 level. Since the removal of the peg against the US dollar, the ringgit’s highest point against the dollar was at RM2.93 back in July 2011. Since then, the ringgit […]

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Oil Exports Trim US Deficit as Fuel Gap Shrinks: Economy – Bloomberg

February 8, 2013

Record petroleum exports helped shrink the U.S. trade deficit in December to the smallest in almost three years as America moved closer to energy self- sufficiency, a goal the nation has been pursuing since the 1973 Arab oil embargo. The gap narrowed 20.7 percent to $38.5 billion, the smallest since January 2010 and lower than […]

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DOTW: Biogen Puts Offshore Cash to Work – The IN VIVO Blog (blog)

February 8, 2013

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Trade Deficit in U.S. Plunges on Record Petroleum Exports – Bloomberg

February 8, 2013

Record petroleum exports helped shrink the U.S. trade deficit in December to the smallest in almost three years as America moved closer to energy self- sufficiency, a goal the nation has been pursuing since the 1973 Arab oil embargo. The gap narrowed 20.7 percent to $38.5 billion, the smallest since January 2010 and lower than […]

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Oil Exports Trim US Trade Deficit as Fuel Gap Shrinks: Economy – Bloomberg

February 8, 2013

Record petroleum exports helped shrink the U.S. trade deficit in December to the smallest in almost three years as America moved closer to energy self- sufficiency, a goal the nation has been pursuing since the 1973 Arab oil embargo. The gap narrowed 20.7 percent to $38.5 billion, the smallest since January 2010 and lower than […]

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Global sourcing, the new growth focus for Nasscom – Deccan Herald

February 8, 2013

India’s Information Technology (IT) body Nasscom is planning to focus on global sourcing or the utlisation of global resources than the general practice of offshoring and onshoring in the latest edition of its India Leadership Forum later this month. Nasscom Senior-Vice President Sangeeta Gupta told Deccan Herald that […]

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notes from President Bill Clinton’s pep talk to the Democrats (notes from FNC … – Gretawire (blog)

February 8, 2013

  CLINTON speech highlights I’m very excited about the new members. Did 133 events in the 2010 election cycle 11:24:16 AM I want you to think about what you want to do in the next two years, where you end up … This is a long struggle. 11:24:50 AM Nothing is permanent (in politics) — […]

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MIT Survey Spies ‘Significant Shift’ in Manufacturing Strategy – Circuits Assembly

February 8, 2013

CAMBRIDGE, MA — A recent MIT survey found one-third of the companies responding are considering reshoring their manufacturing, adding evidence to those who see a return to regional strategies. Some 340 participants completed the survey, of which 198 were manufacturing-only companies. Out of those 198 companies, 156 were US companies, defined as having […]

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