TruemorsRosenberg: The Manufacturing Collapse Has Resumed
" Analyst Dave Rosenberg presents a series of enlightening charts this morning that show that for the first time in 14 months, manufacturing inventories are up across the board. The charts focus on everything from construction to defense research. While some sectors have...
$1 Billion Dollar profit posted by Ford
The only North American Automaker not to take a government bailout has posted it's first profit in nearly a year. Ford Motor Company has turned the tide by cutting manufacturing costs and closing plants. Just... 
The best solution - Tax China Goods!
For many years now businessmen in the West have out sourced manufacturing of goods to Asia where labor was much cheaper as with all production overheads. Communist China took the biggest advantage and opened... 
Canada lost 45,000 more jobs in July
Canada's jobless rate remained steady at 8.6% in July. Statistics Canada released the figures this morning. 45,000 jobs were lost, this didn't change he overall jobless rate as some people dropped out... UK – Job losses and factory closures.
Today more UK job losses are at risk as Redcar Teesside Cast Products plant on Teesside may have to close because a consortium of International Buyers have withdrawn from a 10 year contract to buy its steel to which slab steel has fallen from over $1000 per tonne to under... 
The NEW GM !
Allll riiiigght! America's heavyweight automaker has reentered the fray, "leaner and meaner", we hope! At least, that's what's been reported by the Associated Press. So,... 
A Novel Approach to Flattening Entry to Asia Supply Chain
" Welcome to China! The trend over the past 10 years in Supply Chain has seen an increasing amount of the outsourcing of manufacturing to OEM and contract manufacturers in Asia, and China specifically. ...
Economy’s turnaround: (part 2)
In the previous part the economy is viewed from the Macro perspective, while in this part the Business economic point of view is applied. Macro deals with the overall approach, while Business with the industrial... 
Economy Hits Russians and Hits them HARD!
Barry Artiste Op/EdRussians in a about face when countries around the world are looking at Protectionist measures, Russians are protesting Higher Tariffs for imported vehicles, a lifeblood for Russians where a... 
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Could Concrete Help Lower Carbon Emissions?
The production of concrete, a hardened mix of cement powder, aggregate, and water, has increased almost 400 per cent since 1970 and its manufacture is resource-intensive and polluting. The cement industry is... 
Canada to lobby over "Buy American" Protectionist Bill
Barry Artiste Op/EdThough one can certainly understand the US Position of "Buy American" in these troubling times. US Taxpayers, like Canadian Taxpayers want to know that if their money is going to Bailout... 
Planned Obsolescence: Not Just Hard on Your Wallet
There is a reason it's often cheaper to replace a broken electronic gadget than to fix it - the tech industry planned it that way. The unfortunate consumer cycle of want, buy, upgrade, replace, discard is a very... 
Sony to cut plants and 8,000 jobs
" Sony has announced plans to cut 8,000 electronics jobs - 5% of its global workforce - as well as shutting 10% of its manufacturing sites. The company said the jobs would be cut by April 2010 but did not say... 
Nissan closes UK factory for two weeks
Nissan will close its Sunderland factory from Friday for two weeks. This is due to the global financial downturn resulting in lower sales of its Micra and Note models.When it finally opens again it will run... 
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