James Carville On The View: ‘The Middle Class Got Hit By A Truck’ – Mediaite

July 10, 2012

Pundit and former Bill Clinton campaign strategist James Carville was on The View Tuesday morning to promote his new book, It’s The Middle Class, Stupid. And, like every guest tangentially connected to the election, he was asked to handicap the race. He neatly sidestepped making any explicit predictions, emphasizing instead that both Barack Obama and […]

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Offshoring vs. Reshoring: The Business Perspective – ThomasNet Industrial News Room

July 10, 2012

There is evidence that the great migration of manufacturing offshore is beginning to reverse. Here we look at whether offshoring or reshoring makes more business sense now and in the years ahead. A growing body of research shows evidence – albeit mostly isolated and anecdotal evidence – that many large companies are rethinking their offshore […]

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Obama pushes extension of tax cuts for middle class – Fond du Lac Reporter

July 10, 2012

<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 2–> WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama called on Congress Monday to extend tax cuts for only low and middle income earners while allowing taxes to increase for families that make more than $250,000 a year. “Let’s not hold the vast majority of Americans and our economy hostage while we debate the merits […]

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Elpida Bondholders Oppose Micron’s $2.5 Billion Takeover – Businessweek

July 10, 2012

Elpida Memory Inc. bondholders urged a Japanese court to reject Micron Technology Inc. (MU) (MU)’s planned 200 billion yen ($2.5 billion) takeover of the bankrupt memory-chip maker, saying the deal is “severely detrimental.” The bondholders, claiming to represent Japanese and international pension funds, plan to propose an alternative to Micron’s deal (MU), according to a […]

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Barack Obama, outsourcer — Part Two – Power Line (blog)

July 10, 2012

In a previous post, John correctly labeled President Obama an “outsourcer” because his campaign paid a call center in the Philippines $78,314.10 for telemarketing services and spent nearly $4,700 on telemarketing services from a Canadian company. Now, according to the Washington Post, the left is criticizing Obama’s record on outsourcing. The left-wing critics point to […]

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Romney and Obama on Taxes – ABC News

July 9, 2012

A look at where Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney stand on taxes: OBAMA: Wants to raise taxes on the wealthy and ensure they pay 30 percent of their income at minimum. Supports extending Bush-era tax cuts for everyone making up to $200,000, or $250,000 for couples, but in 2010, agreed to […]

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What Can be ‘Made in the USA’? – Software Advice (blog)

July 9, 2012

A Look At What We Can Make in the USA Recent news coverage has highlighted several companies that decided to locate their production facilities within the United States. For instance, the Wall Street Journal reported that European aerospace manufacturer Airbus announced that they’ll be opening a massive plant in Alabama. In another news story, the […]

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CelebriDucks Sponsors National Mail Order Association’s ‘Hot Product Contest’ – Virtual-Strategy Magazine

July 9, 2012

The Hot Product Contest, run by the National Mail Order Association, has already gained support from Celebriducks TAMPA BAY, Fla., (PRWEB) July 09, 2012 With the National Mail Order Associations’(NMOA) Made in America ‘Hot Product Contest’ in full swing, CelebriDucks, the original creator of the first celebrity rubber ducks of the greatest icons of film, […]

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Corporations find cheap labor haven in US – World Socialist Web Site

July 9, 2012

Corporations find cheap labor haven in US 9 July 2012 The economic crisis that erupted in 2008 has been seized on by major corporations and their political representatives in the United States to slash workers’ wages and impose speedup. The Obama administration has spearheaded this anti-working class offensive. Its 2009 restructuring of General Motors and […]

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Manufacturing making slow resurgence in the suburbs – Chicago Daily Herald

July 8, 2012

Acme Industries in the last six months alone hired 53 new employees to help churn out locomotive engine components, mining truck steering arms and other large, complex high-precision parts at its Elk Grove Village facility. In St. Charles, workers at Bison Gear and Engineering Corp. are back to assembling gear motors that were, until recently, […]

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