Our view: The 13th annual economic forecast conference is bringing some heavy hitters to Butte County.For the past dozen years, the annual economic forecast conference that rolls around in January has become a significant event. A variety of speakers have shared insight on what’s happening at federal, state and local levels, and this year’s 13th […]

  15 January 2013 Last updated at 19:07 ET By Kim Gittleson Business reporter, BBC News, Clyde, Ohio The Whirlpool water tower is a powerful symbol of the heart of Clyde’s economy Visitors to Clyde are greeted with the view of a water tower presiding over the flat landscape, carrying a large Whirlpool logo. The […]

WASHINGTON — On election night in Chicago two months ago, President Barack Obama triumphantly pledged to fight for a middle class he’d appealed to relentlessly — and successfully — on the 2012 campaign trail. “I believe we can build on the progress we’ve made and continue to fight for new jobs and new opportunity and […]

Almost from its inception, the off-shoring boom was doomed to failure; between cultural and language differences, the distances and costs for transportation, and other countries’ lax policies about intellectual capital, many companies struggled to make offshoring work. We beat the drum about the difficulties of building productivity in these offshore locations and within a few […]