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Building Materials Blamed In Bangladesh Disaster
May 23, 2013 | by Farid Hossain, Associated Press | Comments
The defects and errors that led to the world's deadliest garment-industry accident extend from the swampy ground the doomed Rana Plaza was built on, to "extremely poor quality" construction materials, to the massive, vibrating equipment operating when the eight-story building collapsed.
GM Recalling Cadillac SUVs To Tighten Wheels
May 23, 2013 8:02 am | Comments
General Motors Co. is recalling more than 27,000 Cadillac SUVs worldwide because the wheels can...
Solar Plane Completes 2nd Leg Of Trip In Texas
May 23, 2013 8:25 am | Comments
A solar-powered plane has landed in Texas, completing the second leg of a trip across the United...
3 Former Execs Sue Carbon Motors Over Pay
May 23, 2013 8:12 am | Comments
Three former executive vice presidents of a company that planned to build high-tech police cars...
Is It Possible to Bring Manufacturing Back To The U.S.?
May 23, 2013 5:25 pm | by David Mantey, Executive Editor, PD&D | CommentsSeveral factors come into play when manufacturers make the decision to move or reshore. The wage gap is never the only reason, but in all cases, the move makes business sense — it’s not simply a feel good story. While reshoring has found its way into a lot of headlines, Young says that it is primarily a U.S. phenomenon.
Is It Possible to Bring Manufacturing Back To The U.S.?
May 23, 2013 4:50 pm | by David Mantey, Executive Editor, PD&D | CommentsSeveral factors come into play when manufacturers make the decision to move or reshore. The wage gap is never the only reason, but in all cases, the move makes business sense — it’s not simply a feel good story. While reshoring has found its way into a lot of headlines, Young says that it is primarily a U.S. phenomenon.
Is It Possible to Bring Manufacturing Back To The U.S.?
May 23, 2013 3:59 pm | by David Mantey, Executive Editor, PD&D | CommentsSeveral factors come into play when manufacturers make the decision to move or reshore. The wage gap is never the only reason, but in all cases, the move makes business sense — it’s not simply a feel good story. While reshoring has found its way into a lot of headlines, Young says that it is primarily a U.S. phenomenon.
Is It Possible to Bring Manufacturing Back To The U.S.?
May 23, 2013 3:56 pm | by David Mantey, Executive Editor, PD&D | CommentsSeveral factors come into play when manufacturers make the decision to move or reshore. The wage gap is never the only reason, but in all cases, the move makes business sense — it’s not simply a feel good story. While reshoring has found its way into a lot of headlines, Young says that it is primarily a U.S. phenomenon.
Is It Possible to Bring Manufacturing Back To The U.S.?
May 23, 2013 3:56 pm | by David Mantey, Executive Editor, PD&D | CommentsSeveral factors come into play when manufacturers make the decision to move or reshore. The wage gap is never the only reason, but in all cases, the move makes business sense — it’s not simply a feel good story. While reshoring has found its way into a lot of headlines, Young says that it is primarily a U.S. phenomenon.
Is It Possible to Bring Manufacturing Back To The U.S.?
May 23, 2013 3:55 pm | by David Mantey, Executive Editor, PD&D | CommentsSeveral factors come into play when manufacturers make the decision to move or reshore. The wage gap is never the only reason, but in all cases, the move makes business sense — it’s not simply a feel good story. While reshoring has found its way into a lot of headlines, Young says that it is primarily a U.S. phenomenon.
Shuttered NM Plant Resumes Making Peanut Butter
May 23, 2013 3:20 pm | by Jeri Clausing, Associated Press | CommentsThe eastern New Mexico peanut butter plant shuttered eight months ago after a salmonella outbreak is back in production, and company officials say their coveted natural and organic butters could be back on store shelves within a month.
Fire Marshal's Office: Panel Had Blast Site Access
May 23, 2013 1:53 pm | CommentsHowever, in a statement issued Wednesday, the state agency said the CSB was given access to the scene, worked with other agencies during excavations and neighborhood surveys, and collected its own chemical samples with ATF assistance. The statement says no evidence was destroyed or compromised.
J&J Forecasts 10 New Drug Applications By 2017
May 23, 2013 1:51 pm | CommentsThe New Brunswick, N.J., company says its pipeline of drugs in late-stage clinical development include a potential hepatitis C treatment being reviewed by regulars, a version of the anti-psychotic Invega designed to last three months and new vaccines for flu, rabies and polio.
Between Economy And Trouble, Obama Approval Steady
May 23, 2013 1:36 pm | by Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press | CommentsThe data suggests the economy could be insulating Obama from the immediate troubles confronting his administration. But it also indicates that while a growing number of those surveyed are more optimistic about the economy, they are evenly split on whether they approve or disapprove of his handling of it.
New Rules To Keep Mercury From Calif. Landfills
May 23, 2013 11:30 am | CommentsNew California rules will require the makers of new thermostats to do a better job of keeping old ones containing the neurotoxin mercury out of landfills. Since 2006 it has been against state law to sell mercury thermostats in California, but millions of old ones are still in use. Tens of thousands of them are replaced every year.
Tesla Repays DOE Loan Nine Years Early
May 23, 2013 11:15 am | by Joel Hans, Managing Editor, Manufacturing.net | CommentsTesla Motors, the California-based electric vehicle manufacturer, has announced that it has paid off its 2010 loan from the Department of Energy (DOE) in full as of today. The payment of $451.8 million repays the full loan with interest. The company claims it is the only American automaker to have fully repaid the government of its loans.
Nissan To Recall 840,000 Vehicles
May 23, 2013 10:21 am | CommentsNissan Motor Co. said Thursday it will recall around 840,000 March and Cube compact cars, including 263,942 units in Japan, produced between February 2002 and August 2004, due to faulty steering wheels. The bolts connecting the steering wheels and steering columns in the two models may not have been screwed on properly and could lead to a loss of control.
Dutch Arrest Meat Works Owner In Horse Meat Probe
May 23, 2013 10:15 am | by Mike Corder, Associated Press | CommentsInvestigators from the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority arrested the man on suspicion of fraud and detained him for further questioning. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of six year's imprisonment, according to prosecutors.
Doctors Save Ohio Boy By 'Printing' An Airway Tube
May 23, 2013 9:36 am | by Marilynn Marchione, AP Chief Medical Writer | CommentsIn a medical first, doctors used plastic particles and a 3-D laser printer to create an airway splint to save the life of a baby boy who used to stop breathing nearly every day. It's the latest advance from the booming field of regenerative medicine, making body parts in the lab.
Unemployment Aid Applications Fall To 340K
May 23, 2013 9:30 am | by Paul Wiseman, AP Economics Writer | CommentsThe number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell by 23,000 last week, further evidence that the job market is slowly returning to health. Applications for unemployment aid declined to a seasonally adjusted 340,000 in the week ending May 18, the Labor Department said Thursday.
Dover To Spin Off Communications Businesses
May 23, 2013 9:28 am | CommentsEquipment maker Dover Corp. said Thursday that its board has approved a plan to spin off some of its communication technologies businesses into a new publicly traded company. The new company will be known as Knowles Corp. and products will include acoustic components such as microphones, speakers, receivers and transducers. It also will produce communication infrastructure components, Dover said.
Chevy Spark To Be Among Lowest-Price Electric Cars
May 23, 2013 8:13 am | CommentsGeneral Motors Co. says the Spark EV subcompact will be among the lowest-priced electric cars in the U.S. The electric Spark will have a starting price of $27,495 when it goes on sale next month in California and Oregon. GM also is offering a low-mileage lease for $199 per month, with $999 due when the lease is signed.
Made In The USA Back In Style For Small Businesses
May 23, 2013 8:04 am | by Joyce M. Rosenberg, AP Business Writer | CommentsReverie is one of a growing number of small businesses that are chipping away at the decades-old trend of manufacturing overseas. They're doing what's known as reshoring, moving production back to U.S. factories as labor costs grow in countries like China and India and shipping also becomes more expensive.
Bernanke Signals Fed To Maintain Stimulus Efforts
May 23, 2013 7:42 am | by Martin Crutsinger, AP Economics Writer | CommentsLawmakers pressed Bernanke to explain when the Fed might start to scale back its purchases. Bernanke said the pace could be reduced over the next few meetings, if the job market shows "real and sustainable progress." And he wouldn't rule out curtailing the purchases by Labor Day.