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Mark Warner joins in bipartisan jobs effort – Augusta Free Press

August 2, 2012

Posted August 2, 2012 U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Mark Pryor (D-Ariz.), Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today introduced bipartisan legislation to increase U.S. manufacturing, competiveness and export opportunities. The Building a Stronger America Act incorporates significant elements of Sen. Warner’s 2011 America Recruits legislation, a […]

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A human approach to improving production line performance – Manufacturing Digital

August 2, 2012

One of the more popular strategies for manufacturers in the last two decades has been to outsource their production, or transfer their production facilities to low labour-cost countries. That tide is now beginning to turn, however, and according to the Boston Consulting Group, some US industries are bringing back their factories as wages rise abroad […]

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Mitt Romney’s Lobbyist Donations Boom In First Half Of 2012 – Huffington Post

August 2, 2012

WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney opened up numerous lines of attacks in July on President Barack Obama for playing the inside Washington game by cutting deals on health care reform, giving government funds to campaign donors and meeting with lobbyists on various policies. While Romney has not yet laid out how he would play inside the […]

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The Craze for all things American-Made

August 2, 2012

‎Thursday, ‎August ‎02, ‎2012, ‏‎11:42:00 AM There has been a great deal of focus on American-made products and American Manufacturing over the past few years.  And, the recent presidential contest seems to have heated up the conversation.  A survey by the Alliance for American Manufacturing indicates that all politicalaffiliations – democrats, republicans and independents, believe […]

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Apple, Offshoring and the Decline of the American Middle Class – Assembly Magazine

August 1, 2012

 Working conditions continue to be an issue at the Foxconn factories in China where Apple makes its best-selling electronic gadgets. On June 19, a young man who worked at one factory jumped to his death from a neighboring apartment building. Shockingly, it was the 19th such suicide since January 2010.  Opinions on the issue fall […]

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Natural Gas Prices: America’s Energy Jackpot – Seeking Alpha

August 1, 2012

The Department of Energy released its monthly update Tuesday on natural gas production and prices through May, and the chart below displays inflation-adjusted natural gas prices for commercial and industrial users. By end user in May, industrial customers represented about 32% of natural gas consumption and electric power companies used almost half (49%) of the […]

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Rick Santorum: 5 Questions with Decker – Washington Times

July 31, 2012

Follow @BrettMDecker Rick Santorum’s insurgent primary campaign for the Republican presidential nomination won 3 million votes and 11 states. Before running for the White House, Mr. Santorum’s long record of public service included two terms in the U.S. Senate and two terms in the House of Representatives, where he was elected to go at 32 […]

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Seven Reasons Outsourced US Bank IT Jobs Are Heading Back Onshore – US Banker

July 31, 2012

Some bank IT jobs that have been outsourced for the past 10 years or so are coming back stateside, at least according to one expert. “A number of banks have told me they’re pulling back work from offshore, particularly from India but not only India,” says Harley Lippman, founder and CEO of Genesis10, an IT […]

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Palestinian tech startups offer hope to struggling economy – The Guardian

July 31, 2012

In the moribund economy of the West Bank, there are few growth industries. Jobs are scarce, industry, agriculture and tourism are all in decline, and bureaucracy is the biggest employer. So it comes as something of a surprise to find a hive of private-sector activity in an office block that appears to have been lifted […]

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WellCare Health Plans embraces onshoring, moving 120 jobs from the … – Tampabay.com

July 30, 2012

Tampa-based WellCare Health Plans is embracing onshoring, bringing 120 jobs that were previously based in the Philippines to a new call center in North Lauderdale. WellCare, which provides managed care services primarily for Medicaid and Medicare recipients, is teaming up with outsourced customer management firm Teleperformance to run the new center. The jobs will be […]

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