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Onshoring: production returns

December 18, 2012
Production and jobs are returning to North America, but benefits to Canada will be limited. Onshoring, reshoring, inshoring, backshoring: all terms coined to describe a phenomenon that’s bringing US manufacturing jobs back from places such as China where …
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How Reshoring Will Help The U.S. Economy In 2013 (NYSE:GE, NYSE:WHR … – Market Daily News

December 18, 2012

David Zeiler: The U.S. economy in 2013 should get a badly needed push from the acceleration of an improbable trend – the return of offshored manufacturing jobs to America. Often referred to as reshoring, the trend started to gain traction this year, but is attracting more and more interest from manufacturers who just a decade ago couldn’t move […]

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James T. Brett : Smart infrastructure plan for New England – The Providence Journal (blog)

December 17, 2012

By JAMES T. BRETT BOSTON Across New England, there is an increasing recognition that improvements must be made to various elements of our infrastructure to expand the economic vitality of our cities and towns. A recent report issued by the New England Council and Deloitte provides the framework for a new brand of “smart infrastructure” […]

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Procurian Unveils 2013 Top Areas Affecting Corporate Costs – MarketWatch (press release)

December 17, 2012

 PHILADELPHIA, Dec 17, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via COMTEX) — Every year, losing weight tops the list of New Year’s resolutions among individuals, and according to Procurian, the leading procurement specialist for the Fortune 1000, cutting fat should also be a top priority among C-level executives at this time of year – but from budgets rather […]

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Profiting from an America on the mend – Telegraph.co.uk

December 17, 2012

And the impact is not restricted to the energy sector. A study by the American Chemistry Council said the shale gas bonanza had reversed the fortunes of the chemical, plastics, aluminium, iron and steel, rubber, coated metals and glass industries. The re-election of President Barack Obama has provided a boost to corporate as well as […]

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Information systems experts focus new book on ‘rural outsourcing’ – UMSL Daily (blog)

December 17, 2012

Joseph Rottman, associate professor of information systems at UMSL, and Mary Lacity, Curators’ Professor of Information Systems at UMSL, co-wrote a new book on rural outsourcing. The book, “Emerging ITO and BPO Markets: Rural Sourcing and Impact Sourcing,” was published by IEEE Computer Society. When many Americans hear the word outsourcing, thoughts of shipping jobs […]

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Kindelspire: Bringing manufacturing back to America – Longmont Daily Times-Call

December 16, 2012

Steve McLean is an unabashed America booster — and good on him for that. At an open house for WP Manufacturing’s new building on Boston Avenue back in September, McLean spent a good portion of his remarks reminding the crowd how important it was to support American manufacturing.”When we buy American, we build America,” WP’s […]

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Technology Focus: 5 Blunders of 2012 From Instagram To Yahoo – International Business Times

December 16, 2012

While there were many blunders (and there’s still time for more by Dec. 31), here are five memorable ones: Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson’s inflated credentials: In January, troubled Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO), the No. 3 search engine, designated Scott Thompson, president of the PayPal division of eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY), the auction site, as its new CEO.   Trouble […]

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Hatfield’s Rodon Group to be featured in documentary film – North Penn Life … – Montgomery Newspapers

December 16, 2012

Published: Sunday, December 16, 2012 By Michael Alan Goldberg mgoldberg@journalregister.com When President Obama came to the Hatfield headquarters of The Rodon Group — makers of such popular products as K’NEX and Tinkertoy construction sets — two weeks ago to talk about the fiscal cliff, he cited the company’s devotion to keeping manufacturing jobs in America, […]

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New England must get smarter about its infrastructure support – TheDay.com

December 16, 2012

Across New England, there is an increasing recognition that improvements must be made to various elements of our infrastructure to boost the economic vitality of our cities and towns. A recent report issued by the New England Council and Deloitte provides the framework for a new brand of “smart infrastructure” – one that is much […]

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