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Ford to Invest $1.6bn in Mexico to Produce Small Cars
Apr 11, 2016Ford announced that it will be investing $1.6b in San Luis Potosi in Mexico to build small cars. Construction of this factory is expected to begin in mid-2016 and the production is scheduled to begin in 2018. The American automaker ...
Tags: Ford, Investment, Small Cars
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Posted in Medical Device Business by Nancy Crotti on January 8, 2015
Jan 9, 2015Posted in Medical Device Business by Nancy Crotti on January 8, 2015 The medical device tax is the issue that won’t go away. Elected officials and medical device companies began railing against Obamacare’s medical device tax ...
Tags: medical device tax, Health
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Manufacturers Continue to Struggle Against Washington
Mar 27, 2014Manufacturers, already pinned down by rising production costs and competition from other countries, continue to struggle against an old adversary… Washington, specifically the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA has ...
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NRF Calculated That Retail Employment Was Down 21,600 Jobs in January 2014
Feb 26, 2014The National Retail Federation (NRF) calculated that retail employment was down 21,600 jobs in January 2014, yet up 230,000 jobs year-over-year. December retail employment figures were revised up to a gain of 57,000 jobs. The Bureau of ...
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Silver Fern Farms Is Looking at Options to Shut Its Processing Plant Near Dunedin
Nov 12, 2013Silver Fern Farms, a New Zealand-based meat processor and marketer, is looking at options to shut its processing plant near Dunedin, Otago due to a drop in lamb slaughter operations. The move is expected to result in about 180 job losses. ...
Tags: Otago, Meat Plant, Silver Fern Farms, job loss
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The European Commission Imposed Anti-Dumping Duties on PV Products Imported From China
Jun 25, 2013On 4th June 2013, the European Commission imposed anti-dumping duties on PV products imported from China. The initial duty will be 11.8% on all Chinese solar products and will be effective for the period June 6 to August 6, 2013 and ...
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Self-Checkout Is a Technology Direction with Risks
Jan 18, 2013Automated self-checkout is appearing in more and more retail stores, with Walmart this year installing 10,000 self-service kiosks in hundreds of stores. But self-checkout is a technology direction with risks -- and even as Walmart moves ...
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Import Permit Tonnage for Finished Steel,Down 18 Percent
Jan 7, 2013Based on the US Department of Commerce's most recent Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Thursday that steel import permit applications for the month of December totaled ...
Tags: US Department, SIMA, AISI, finished steel, imports
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Steel Import Permit Applications for The Month of December Totaled 2,358,000 Net Tons
Jan 5, 2013Based on the Commerce Department's most recent Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis data,the American Iron and Steel Institute reported that steel import permit applications for the month of December totaled 2,358,000 net tons. This was a ...
Tags: Commerce Department, MISI, Steel import, US
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Robots Post Record Attendance Over Three Warms Days in Pittsburgh
Dec 24, 2012Last week, the 8th Annual RoboBusiness Leadership Summit posted record attendance over three warms days in Pittsburgh, Pa. Home to Carnegie Mellon University and its famed Robotics Institute, the city is a strong contender for robotics ...
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Construction Equipment Makers Are Looking Forward to Early Signs of Revival
Dec 19, 2012After nearly a 2 year long lull, construction equipment makers are looking forward to early signs of revival of domestic mining and road construction sector. The revival has come at a time when construction equipment market in the rest of ...
Tags: construction equipment, domestic mining, road construction sector
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Australian Chocolate Retailer Darrell Lea Is Set to Close 32 Stores,Half of Its Stores
Dec 11, 2012Australian chocolate retailer Darrell Lea is set to close half of its stores, resulting in a loss of almost 200 jobs. The company's administrators, PPB Advisory, noted that 32 of the stores will close, leaving 198 casual, part-time and ...
Tags: Darrell Lea, close store, job loss, food industry
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Los Angeles City Council and an Alliance of Plastic Bag Makers Are at Loggerheads
Dec 6, 2012Los Angeles City Council and an alliance of plastic bag makers are at loggerheads over banning one-time use of plastic bags in the city. The American Progressive Bag Alliance also is lobbying city lawmakers to try to head off the plans to ...
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BB&T Insurance Services Has Offered Supplemental Unemployment Insurance Product
Dec 4, 2012BB&T Insurance Services has offered supplemental unemployment insurance product to its online product offerings at insurance.bbt.com, designed to meet the needs of individuals, who lose their jobs. The newly introduced product, ...
Tags: BBT Insurance Service, unemployment insurance, online product
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Indian State of Karnataka Would Not Allow FDI in the state
Sep 25, 2012The southern Indian state of Karnataka would not allow foreign direct investment(FDI)in the state,Agriculture Marketing Minister SK Bellubbi told reporters. The Minister said the state government has decided to not to allow FDI in ...
Tags: Karnataka, FDI, SK Bellubbi, foreign investment
