A case of economic malpractice – Jamaica Gleaner

July 8, 2012

Claude Clarke, Contributor Edward Seaga turned towards me with visible disbelief and wryly muttered, “Not during my time.” Dr Wesley Hughes, the current financial secretary and director general of the Planning Institute of Jamaica during the 1990s, had just made the shocking revelation that “a decision was made by Jamaica’s governments in the 1980s and […]

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Reuters: Dismal hiring shows economy stuck in low gear – Democratic Underground

July 7, 2012

30 MILLION PRODUCTIVE JOBS TO REBUILD US INFRASTRUCTURE, INDUSTRY AND AGRICULTURE: THE PROGRAM TO END THE ECONOMIC DEPRESSIONThe US and the world are gripped by a deepening economic depression. There is no recovery and no automatic business cycle which will revive the economy. This bottomless depression will worsen until policies are reformed. The depression results […]

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‘China Has Business Opportunities But Not Jobs’ – Red Pepper

July 7, 2012

Charles Madibo Wagidoso 55, is Uganda’s Ambassador to China. China’s increased interest in Uganda’s key industries such as oil and energy places his mission as the most vital link between Uganda and Foreign Direct Investments from Asia. During his seven-year tenure, the trade volume between Uganda and China has increased from $50m in 2002 to […]

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Manzullo, Schilling urge Sensata to keep Freeport plant open – The Rock River Times

July 6, 2012

Manzullo, Schilling urge Sensata to keep Freeport plant open Online Staff Report FREEPORT, Ill. — July 6, U.S. Reps. Don Manzullo, R-Ill., and Bobby Schilling, R-Ill., urged the CEO of Massachusetts-based Sensata Technologies to abandon plans to offshore production to Asia and instead keep the work and the jobs in Freeport, Ill. In a letter […]

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Mississippi State to host conference on "reshoring" jobs to US – Furniture Today

July 6, 2012

 Thomas Russell — Furniture Today, July 6, 2012 STARKVILLE, Miss. — To help manufacturers take advantage of opportunities to bring jobs back to the United States, Mississippi State University’s Franklin Furniture Institute is holding a daylong event focused on reshoring in August. “Reshoring, Retaining and Growing Mississippi’s Manufacturing Jobs” is set for Aug. 20 at […]

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Local IT firm brings work back to US – Boston Business Journal

July 6, 2012

A Burlington IT consulting firm is eyeing an expansion of “onshoring” centers in the US, as part of a wider of trend of some technology and manufacturing firms coming to the realization that shipping jobs to China, India and elsewhere isn’t always as cost-efficient as touted. Founded in 1999, Collaborative Consulting, like other IT firms, […]

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US onshoring deal worries: What is the impact on Indian IT? – Moneycontrol.com

July 5, 2012

There is a possibility that the new US government deals could carry a clause of a mandatory onshoring. It means that one cannot offshore it back to India. In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Ganesh Natrajan, vice chairman and managing director of Zensar Technologies says, the impact on the Indian IT sector, atleast on Indian listed […]

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US govt chooses onshore over offshore in 2 big new projects – Moneycontrol.com

July 4, 2012

The US government has launched two deals focused on the onshore model, reports CNBC-TV18’s Kritika Saxena quoting sources. It is learnt that, the deal amounting to USD 320 million is for testing, infrastructure service and insurance space. Sources also say that Infosys and IBM are front runners for the deal. Another deal worth USD 400 […]

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In bringing back jobs from China, Bay Area manufacturers find benefits and … – Peninsula Press

July 4, 2012

In 2011, Simple Wave moved its production of the Calibowl from China back to California. (Photo: Archer Zhang/ Peninsula Press) This piece is an extended version of an article published in conjunction with the San Francisco Chronicle’s website, SF Gate, where Erchi Zhang is an an intern. When Jeff Bollengier and Richard Stump founded their […]

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East Bay firm counting on ‘reshoring’ trend – San Francisco Chronicle

July 3, 2012

When Jeff Bollengier and Richard Stump founded their East Bay company in 2008, they dreamed of revolutionizing the way people eat. Simple Wave makes a bowl with an inward-curving lip to guide food back onto the spoon and help prevent over-the-edge spills. But when it came time to choose where to manufacture the bowls, Bollengier […]

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