Daily Archives: November 2nd, 2009
Deere to recall 452 workers at Iowa plant
By DANIEL LOVERING, AP Manufacturing Writer
Farm equipment maker Deere & Co. said Wednesday it will recall most of the workers it laid off from an Iowa plant earlier this year to start production of the company’s 2010 models.
Deere, based in Moline, Ill., said the 452 manufacturing employees will be recalled to its [...]
US manufacturing grows most since April '06
TALI ARBEL, AP Business Writer Tali Arbel, Ap Business Writer
NEW YORK – A private measure of U.S. manufacturing activity grew in October at the fastest pace in more than three years, helped by government spending and higher demand from overseas. The better-than-expected reading is a positive signal for the fledgling economic recovery.
The [...]
South Florida home buyers leery about Chinese drywall
By Paul Owers
South Florida Sun Sentinel
Sunday, November 01, 2009
Home buyers in South Florida are petrified of tainted Chinese drywall.
rule out entire neighborhoods or houses and condos built within the past seven years. Others don’t want anything to do with builders known to have used Chinese drywall. And buyers who do sign contracts seek [...]