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Chip Makers, the Next Battle Is in Smartphones
by Ashlee Vance
The semiconductor industry has long been a game for titans.
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The going rate for a state-of-the-art chip factory is about $3 billion. The plants typically take years to build. And the microscopic size of chip circuitry [...]
Wholesale Prices Rise Twice As Much As Expected
Wholesale prices shot up at double the expected pace in January, propelled higher by big increases in energy costs. The surprisingly large jump was viewed as a temporary blip and not the start of inflation problems, however.
The Labor Department said Thursday that wholesale prices rose 1.4 percent last month, reflecting higher costs for gasoline and [...]
Made in USA-Certified Ribbon Cutting: Announces New Jobs in Delray Beach, FL- Putting America Back to Work
February 12, 2010 02:16 PM Eastern Time
DELRAY BEACH, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Made in USA-Certified, Inc. (www.usa-c.com) had their Ribbon Cutting and Grand Opening celebration for their new expanded office space and call center in downtown Delray Beach, Florida [...]
Where Jobs Are Likely to Grow And Decline This Year
Health-care and consumer-services jobs will lead a slow jobs recovery this year, but overall employment will be kept in check by continued declines in local government and construction jobs, economists say.
Indeed, where the jobs aren’t could be just as important as where they are as the critically important employment picture begins clearing up.
The government on [...]
Radical Shifts Take Hold in U.S. Manufacturing
By MARK WHITEHOUSE
America’s industrial base is undergoing its most radical restructuring in decades as manufacturers rethink their businesses in the wake of the recession.
From Dow Chemical Co. to Intel Corp., iconic companies are telling stories of wrenching change—both contraction and recovery—as they report their earnings for 2009.
Dow Chemical said Tuesday it is aiming to [...]
U.S. Economy “De-evolving”: An Industrialist’s Plan to Revive American Manufacturing
U.S. Manufacturing grew in January at its fastest pace in more than five years. Yet, manufacturing makes up only 12% of the U.S. economy – down from its post World War II peak of 28% percent in 1953.
That lack of an industrial base has put the American economy and worker in jeopardy, says distressed investor [...]
U.S. Factory Sector Posts Strong Expansion
Consumer Spending Increases a Bit
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By MICHAEL S. DERBY and JUDITH BURNS
U.S. factory sector activity booked its best performance in more than five years in January, amid a rebound in hiring and rising price pressures.
In a key report, private research group the Institute [...]
Economists Seek to Fix a Defect in Data That Overstates the Nation’s Vigor
By LOUIS UCHITELLE
WASHINGTON — A widening gap between data and reality is distorting the government’s picture of the country’s economic health, overstating growth and productivity in ways that could affect the political debate on issues like trade, wages and job creation.
The shortcomings of the data-gathering system came through loud and clear here Friday and Saturday [...]
Chinese Slapped in Steel Dispute
Trade Panel Rules That Subsidized Imports Damaged the U.S. Industry
By KRIS MAHER and HENRY J. PULIZZI
AP/Getty images
A labourer works at a steel plant in Huaibei in eastern China’s Anhui province.
U.S. steelmakers won a case over Chinese steel imports, as the U.S. International Trade Commission voted that the domestic industry has been damaged by subsidized steel [...]