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What Decline? America Poised For Economic Boom – Hartford Courant

May 4, 2012

With so much talk these days of America’s decline, it may sound strange to ponder the prospects for an American economic boom a decade or so from now. But that’s the thrust of two new studies, which have me thinking like Dr. Pangloss, Voltaire’s caricature of optimism. These analyses predict the repair of two of […]

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Is it time for outsourcers to come home? – Financial Times

May 4, 2012

May 4, 2012 6:11 pm Is it time for outsourcers to come home? By Hugo Greenhalgh For years, outsourcing has been seen as the solution for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) needing to control costs. Simply manufacture in China and outsource the IT department to India. But with salary inflation on the rise in both […]

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IPC Launches ‘Onshoring’ Survey – Circuits Assembly

May 4, 2012

BANNOCKBURN, IL – IPC is surveying members to measure the impact of “onshoring”: the migration of manufacturing operations back to the Americas from overseas in the electronics industry. The survey will compile data to quantify onshoring (also known as reshoring) in terms of both location of operations and sourcing. Companies and suppliers in the electronics […]

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Manufacturing: Home Sweet Home? – EBN

May 4, 2012

With the world slowly emerging from the economic downturn, manufacturing hasn’t just picked up. It has become a popular news topic, a focus of business conversation, and, perhaps most of all, a subject of debate in the halls of government. The revival of manufacturing is viewed as a sign of hope and economic strength. Symbolically, […]

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GlobalSpec Electronic Components & Product Design Online Trade Show and Event … – Sacramento Bee

May 4, 2012

EAST GREENBUSH, N.Y., May 3, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — The “Electronic Components & Product Design” online trade show and event on April 25 hosted by GlobalSpec drew more than 1,200 participants, with 86 percent of attendees reporting they are decision makers within their organizations. The free virtual conference is now available on demand to give engineers […]

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Does Mitt Romney love outsourcing? – Washington Post (blog)

May 4, 2012

“President Obama’s clean-energy initiatives have helped create jobs for projects across America, not overseas.” “What about Mitt Romney? As a corporate CEO, he shipped American jobs to places like Mexico and China. As governor, he outsourced state jobs to a call center in India. He’s still pushing tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas.” […]

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Procurement News from the US – Weekly Round-Up – Spend Matters UK/Europe

May 4, 2012

Jason, Thomas Kase and I all attended Coupa’s “Crank the Savings World Tour” yesterday in Chicago, featuring a company overview and a customer testimonial (McDonald’s) as well as Jason and Thomas participating in an “Ask the Analyst” session. I didn’t win the drawing for an iPad 3, to my dismay, but the coffee was delicious […]

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FDI In Several Latin America Countries Marked Historic Record In 2011 – Bernama

May 4, 2012

May 04, 2012 13:23 PM FDI In Several Latin America Countries Marked Historic Record In 2011 SANTIAGO DE CHILE, May 4 (BERNAMA-NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Latin America and the Caribbean during 2011 reached US$153.448 billion which represents 10% of the global total flows. This is according to a report presented by the […]

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FDI In Several Lat Am Countries Marked Historic Record In 2011 – Bernama

May 4, 2012

May 04, 2012 13:23 PM FDI In Several Lat Am Countries Marked Historic Record In 2011 SANTIAGO DE CHILE, May 4 (BERNAMA-NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Latin America and the Caribbean during 2011 reached US$153.448 billion which represents 10% of the global total flows. This is according to a report presented by the […]

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Pakistan offers mega projects – Power Engineering Magazine

May 4, 2012

DUBAI – Pakistan is confident to secure UAE and Gulf investments in mega projects especially in the energy- and agro-based industries, its delegates at the Annual Investment Meeting, or AIM, said. Top officials from the Trade Development and Authority of Pakistan, or TDAP, Abu Dhabi Group and Sindh Board of Investment on […]

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