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The Promise of Today’s Factory Jobs – New York Times

April 4, 2012

Master Lock, which has made locks in Milwaukee since 1921, has brought 100 jobs back from China over the last year and a half. And Mr. Bink, who has worked at the plant for 33 years and heads the United Auto Workers local, is sure more will follow. “They are making a lot of capital […]

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How Akron and Canton provide unique real estate opportunities – Smart Business Network

April 2, 2012

Terry Coyne, SIOR, CCIM, Executive Vice President, Grubb & Ellis Businesses looking for office space should consider expanding their real estate search to Akron and Canton. “There was a perception, although totally unfair, that the market was dying,” says Terry Coyne, SIOR, CCIM, an executive vice president with Grubb & Ellis. “However, the numbers clearly […]

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Breaking the bloody glass: why is America not raging against the dying of its … – Telegraph.co.uk (blog)

April 2, 2012

Is America in decline? Books on the decline of America are coming thick and fast. The latest, Time to Start Thinking: America and the Spectre of Descent, by The Financial Times’s chief US commentator Edward Luce, is published this week. Luce doesn’t hate America. On the contrary, he loves living here, and wishes the country […]

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America is better than that – Albany Times Union

April 1, 2012

For a moment last month, many momentous troubles and triumphs seemed to recede and our focus shifted to Apple CEO Tim Cook as he took to a San Francisco stage to introduce the newest iPad tablet computer. These periodic unveilings are highly choreographed performances, perfected by Cook’s predecessor, the late Steve Jobs. This time, however, […]

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Sunday Sit-Down: Don Rigby – Wheeling Intelligencer

April 1, 2012

— Before this week, many people in the local area had likely never heard of the Regional Economic Development Partnership, formerly known as the Ohio Valley Industrial and Business Development Corp. Can you briefly explain the organization’s purpose and exactly what it is you do? Rigby: Our purpose really is to do economic development in […]

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Rebuilding a foundation – Montreal Gazette

March 31, 2012

Montreal’s Mega Brands expects 2012 to be a strong year for a comeback after turning the page on costly recalls and lawsuits that stemmed from an ill-fated acquisition in 2005 As toy shops go, it’s large: more than 800,000 square feet, the equivalent of about 17 football fields. Inside the sprawling former Eaton distribution centre […]

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Innovation faces skill shortage – New Straits Times

March 31, 2012

EIGHT-FOLD GROWTH: Thousands of US jobs remain vacant for want of skilled labour, writes Wan Suhaimie Saidie ASK anyone what is holding up the US economy amid the global economic turmoil since 2007, you might get different answers. But none would be more convincing than “technological innovation”. It is one of the main factors […]

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Jeffrey Immelt has a cure for Canada’s ‘resource curse’ – CTV.ca

March 30, 2012

Jeffrey Immelt has a cure for Canada’s ‘resource curse’ SHAWN McCARTHY – The Globe and Mail In his global travels as chairman and CEO of manufacturing giant General Electric Co. , Jeffrey Immelt has heard all about the “resource curse.” He’s heard it in Brazil, in Australia, in Russia – wherever a country’s natural resources […]

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Das erfolgreiche Re-Shoring von Produktion – evertiq.de

March 30, 2012

Über den Autor: Steven Healings ist ein Chartered Engineer und Mitglied der IET, CILT und CIPS. Er hat in über 20 Jahren Erfahrungen in den Bereichen Supply Chain, Operations und Projektmanagement im Hightech-Sektor gesammelt. Zudem hat er Verantwortung für wichtige Kostensenkungs-programme und Outsourcing-Projekte getragen, sowie komplexe Supply-Chain-Lösungen für Blue-Chip-Kunden ausgearbeitet. Steven arbeitet seit 2007 bei […]

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Aldila Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End 2011 Financial Results – MarketWatch (press release)

March 29, 2012

POWAY, CA, Mar 29, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — ALDILA, INC. (otcqx:ALDA) (pinksheets:ALDA) announced today net sales of $11.9 million and a net loss of $4.5 million ($0.83 loss per share) […]

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