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Tool and Die Makers Desperately Casting for Workers – First Coast News

April 19, 2012

Written by   USA Today The economic recovery has been driven by a manufacturing revival the past two years. But the strength of that revival could be threatened by the challenges facing a small and beleaguered sector of manufacturing that evokes images of a quainter, more labor-intensive era: the tool and die industry. These skilled manufacturers […]

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Repatriating Jobs: U.S. Manufacturing Gains Momentum

April 18, 2012
Maybe the once-ubiquitous label, “Made in the U.S.A.” should be updated to: “Made in the U.S.A.—Again.” According to a survey by my firm, Boston Consulting Group, 37 percent of U.S.-based manufacturing executives at companies with sales greater …
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Reshoring Could Create 2-3 Million Jobs by the End of the Decade – MFRTech (press release)

April 18, 2012

A new report from MFG.com, the world’s largest online sourcing marketplace for the manufacturing industry — shows that while reshoring is increasing, American manufacturers might not be able to carry the load . . .   “There’s a severe shortage of workers,” says Mitch Free, Manufacturing Analyst and CEO of MFG.com. “Indicators are showing good […]

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NAFTA and Free Trade Do Not Belong in the Same Sentence – Business Insider

April 18, 2012

Dean Baker NAFTA and Free Trade Do Not Belong in the Same Sentence He Said/She Said on the Economy at NPR Educating David Brooks on the Budget Megan MaCardle turned over her blog to Adam Ozimek to spread some misinformation about NAFTA and trade policy. Ozimek headlines the piece, “4 politically controversial issues where all […]

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Tax Day perspectives – Tbo.com

April 18, 2012

We just passed the two most important tax milestone dates in America. Tuesday was the deadline for filing IRS tax returns. It was also Tax Freedom Day, when, collectively, all Americans have worked enough to pay off all required federal, state and local taxes. In Florida, Tax Freedom Day came on April 12, but many […]

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Are the US and China trading places? – MarketWatch

April 18, 2012

By Barry Eichengreen ( Caixin Online ) — By now, everyone has grown accustomed, if not physically weary, of articles extolling China’s economic dynamism and rehearsing America’s economic decline. While the United States is only now beginning to recover from […]

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Tool and die makers desperately casting for workers – USA TODAY

April 18, 2012

But the strength of that revival could be threatened by the challenges facing a small and beleaguered sector of manufacturing that evokes images of a quainter, more labor-intensive era: the tool and die industry. These skilled manufacturers are vital. They produce tools, dies and molds that other makers use to shape products — from car […]

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AAM and Partners Win National “Public Affairs Campaign Of The Year” Award – Manufacturing Business Technology

April 17, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC — The Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) and several of its partners were awarded the 2012 Campaign Excellence Award for “Public Affairs Campaign of the Year” from the American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC). The AAPC award is formal recognition that AAM, a non-partisan group launched in 2007, has succeeded in shifting the […]

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Thoughts on wealth inequality – Worcester Telegram

April 17, 2012

 This year the two most important tax milestone dates in America occur today, April 17. Today is the deadline for filing IRS tax returns. It is also Tax Freedom Day, when, collectively, all Americans have worked enough to pay off all required federal, state and local taxes. It could be worse. Some sources calculate Russia’s […]

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Majority of US Job Shops in Manufacturing Survey Optimistic – Why? – MetalMiner

April 16, 2012

A few days ago, our sister site Spend Matters brought an interesting manufacturing survey to MetalMiner’s attention. MFG.com, the organization that comes out with the MFGWatch Manufacturing Supply Survey of North American buyers and suppliers (which MetalMiner has covered before), recently surveyed some 250 US job shops to parse out an overall economic outlook from their perspectives. […]

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