Tag Archives: recession

How to Save U.S. Manufacturing Jobs

By Howard Wial @CNNMoney February 23, 2012: 5:34 AM ET Howard Wial is a fellow for the Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program. At first glance, manufacturing jobs would appear to be a dying breed. The United States lost 6 million manufacturing jobs between early 2001 and late 2009. And despite small gains during the last two years, [...]

How To Invest For Jobs Coming Back To U.S.

Brian Sozzi, Contributor   2/16/2012 The grand theme I want to put on the table is the concept of onshoring, sometimes called reshoring, which is the bringing back of U.S. jobs from overseas supply chains. U.S. businesses have started to realize that while workers in far away lands garner miniscule wages compared to their U.S. counterparts, having [...]

This Column Was 100% Made in America

By STUART ELLIOTT  Published: February 15, 2012 BLUE-COLLAR workers in fields like manufacturing — particularly when they make products on American soil — are again becoming a favorite subject for white-collar workers on Madison Avenue. The trend was born of the economic worries that followed the financial crisis in 2008. Recently, it is gaining steam — appropriate, [...]

Obama Takes Fresh Aim at China, Touts “Insourcing”

  By Laura MacInnis | Reuters MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - President Barack Obama kept up his attack on Chinese trade practices during a campaign-style visit on Wednesday to a Midwest factory, where his call to bring jobs back home was intended to resonate with voters in an election year. The day after meeting China’s leader-in-waiting, Vice President Xi Jinping, at the White House, Obama cited America’s [...]

Can Manufacturing Jobs Come Back? What We Should Learn From Apple and Foxconn

David Paul – President, Fiscal Strategies Group  -  Posted: 02/13/2012 8:30 am Apple aficionados suffered a blow a couple of weeks ago. All of those beautiful products, it turns out, are the product of an industrial complex that is nothing if not one step removed from slave labor. But of course there is nothing new [...]

Dumping China for American Job Shops

By Parija Kavilanz @CNNMoney  February 13, 2012: 11:51 AM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — U.S. small businesses that initially rushed to Chinese factories to get their products made are now dumping them for American manufacturers. And the shift is gaining traction, said industry experts who match U.S. small companies with domestic firms. Mitch Free, the founder and CEO of [...]

GE to Hire 5,000 U.S. Veterans, Investing in Plants

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – General Electric Co plans to hire 5,000 U.S. military veterans over the next five years and to invest $580 million to expand its aviation footprint in the United States this year. The largest U.S. conglomerate unveiled the moves ahead of a four-day meeting it is convening in Washington starting on Monday to [...]

Walmart ‘Great for You’ Healthy Labels: Nutrition Experts Say ‘Devil in the Details’

  BY BRIAN JOHNSON AND ENJOLI FRANCIS  -  WASHINGTON, Feb. 7, 2012 As Walmart announced plans today to label certain foods with a new green “Great for You” label, some diet and nutrition experts told ABC News they applauded the move, while others questioned whether a company that sells food could set objective standards for [...]

FOX23 Special Report: The Made in America Movement & Made in the U.S.A.

Reported by: Adam Paluka   Published: 2/06 8:03 pm Buy American and you help the economy. That is an old adage that is getting new life thanks to a movement to build homes across the nation using more products with the “Made in the U.S.A.” label. If you were to drive around Tulsa, chances are you’ll pass [...]

Paramount Sleep licenses bedding brands to Cannon Sleep Products

Tuesday, February 07, 2012  By: Furniture World Magazine  Paramount Sleep announced that Fresno, Calif., bedding manufacturer Cannon Sleep Products has licensed its bedding brands. Cannon is licensed to manufacture and distribute the products in California, Oregon, Nevada and Arizona. Cannon also has signed a license with Paramount to manufacture and sell A.H. Beard, an Australian luxury [...]

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