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U.S. Manufacturing Jobs On The Rise

Many U.S. companies have moved production to China to  take advantage of cheaper labor, but as Chinese labor costs increased, companies have laid off many employees. Add the increasing fuel costs to ship things halfway around the world and suddenly the advantage of doing business in China has disappeared.

Strong job growth in February helped boost stocks with many of those jobs coming from companies making products right here in America again. CBS News' Chip Reid reports. 

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