Crowdsourced in the USA – Businessweek

June 29, 2012

In February, Jenny Drinkard, an industrial designer and recent Georgia Institute of Technology graduate, proposed an idea to a website called Quirky.com to turn modified milk crates into a home storage system. Then 1,791 Quirky community members around the world refined the design, suggesting accessories and ranking them in order of preference on the site. […]

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E-commerce Printer Ink Company, LD Products, Extends Customer Service … – eReleases (press release)

June 29, 2012

LONG BEACH, Calif., June 29, 2012 — LD Products, one of the web’s premier retailers of printer ink and toner cartridges, has just extended the hours of its customer service center. Previously, calls that were received outside of normal business hours had been outsourced to offshore partners who came at a lower price. Now, with […]

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The US: wanted dead or alive – Aol Money

June 29, 2012

Bang, bang, the mighty fall Remember how stock markets and banking stocks greeted 2012 with a euphoric bang? The memory is somewhat tarnished now, and so is the US rebound. Revised US GDP data showed 1.9% growth in the first quarter, down from the estimated 2.2%. The US jobs market recovery stalled in March, creating […]

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Investment figure provides crumb of hope – China Daily

June 29, 2012

 Workers at the FAW-VW plant in Chengdu, Sichuan province. FDI in May rose to $9.23 billion. Jiang Hongjing / Xinhua But the challenge for China is to broaden its attraction to foreign investors, experts say China’s foreign direct investment grew 0.05 percent year-on-year in May, offering a slim prospect that recovery is on the way, […]

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Could cheap gas save the economy? – KETK

June 28, 2012

POSTED: Thursday, June 28, 2012 – 5:30am UPDATED: Thursday, June 28, 2012 – 5:44am New York (CNN) — Martin Neil Baily is a senior fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution and was the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Clinton. Philip K. Verleger Jr. is an economist who has studied […]

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The US: Wanted Dead Or Alive – Motley Fool UK

June 28, 2012

America is a unique investment opportunity. Last year, the US looked half dead. The country was choking on debt. Its industry had been outsourced and offshored. Washington was gridlocked. The middle class was toast. The US and China were engaged in a duel to the debt, and there was only going to be one winner. […]

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Is the Re-shoring of Manufacturing a Trend or a Trickle? – Forbes

June 27, 2012

There is a lot of buzz around the re-shoring of manufacturing.    Re-shoring refers to manufacturing that was previous done outside of America and has been moved back to America.  You will also hear the term  (Photo credit: Wikipedia) near-shoring which refers to manufacturing work that has returned closer to America in countries such as […]

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Fabricating Partners Launch Fabricating.com, a New Sourcing … – MarketWatch (press release)

June 27, 2012

HOBOKEN, N.J., Jun 27, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) — Fabricating Partners, Inc. today launched Fabricating.com, the industry’s new online Request for Quote (RFQ) Marketplace designed to help U.S. Buyers build U.S. Supplier networks and manufacture made-to-order parts. Their SourceNow platform presents easy-to-use functionality designed to streamline and manage the complexities of sourcing custom-manufactured products, parts, […]

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Northern Wire celebrates new ownership – Merrillfotonews

June 27, 2012
Northern Wire celebrates new ownership  Merrillfotonews

Elgin Fastener Group celebrated its acquisition of Northern Wire in Merrill Thursday. As a manufacturer of wire form products for industrial customers, Northern …

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IMTS 2012 On Track to be One of Largest Ever – Today’s Energy Solutions

June 27, 2012

IMTS Show hours vary from building to building.  The Lakeside Center (East) and West building hours are 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily; the North and South building hours are 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. daily. IMTS will host 85,000 – 90,000 manufacturing industry professionals from more than 119 countries. They attend to see more […]

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