Manufacturing 2.0

Future of Manufacturing

Bob Trojan — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:00:11 +0000

Manufacturing leaders chart the impact of the recession and identify the opportunities and risks facing the U.S. manufacturing sector in the years ahead. A joint survey and research summary by Crowe Horwath LLP and IW Custom Research… a slide program made available from Industry Week.. Future of Manufacturing

How Many Jobs Do Small Employers Create?

Bob Trojan — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:29:48 +0000

Data from the U.S. Census and ADP, leading sources of employment data, show very different numbers for small business employment. Small

Help Wanted

Bob Trojan — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:06:45 +0000

This should be an interesting Job!! JobCzar

MAPI Expects Sluggish Recovery

Bob Trojan — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:30:35 +0000

The U.S. economy is poised to return to growth, though it will be at more of a modest rate than the typical recovery from previous recessions, according to the Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI Quarterly Economic Forecast. see the rest here… Growth

Renewed hope for U.S. manufacturing

Bob Trojan — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:29:02 +0000

There is a way to show how to win the youth over to careers in manufacturing… Hope

Business Sours on Health Care as Legislation Veers to Left

Bob Trojan — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:15:11 +0000

Chances of business supporting the Obama administration’s health overhaul are fading fast, after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s bill took a liberal turn. More.. here

Obama Says Creating Jobs Not Goal Of Forum

Bob Trojan — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:00:11 +0000

I don’t think he understands. Manufacturers will hire people when the DEMAND for their products increases. Just to hire someone, even with federal money, doesn’t mean demand for the company’s products are increasing. Its really called “Featherbedding” a popular tactic found in railroads, as an example… Jobs

UK Manufacturing output expected to grow over next few months

Bob Trojan — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:00:00 +0000

Could be good news for exporters to the UK

Not-so-wonderful Copenhagen Climate Change Summit

Bob Trojan — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:00:29 +0000

EXPECTATIONS for the Copenhagen climate conference, held next month in Denmark, have been steadily dwindling. On Sunday November 15th, as Barack Obama toured Asia, he and the Danish prime minister, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, quietly agreed what many had anticipated—that no binding agreement would be reached at the conference. There is now no hope of new legal targets for emissions-reductions to replace those set out in the Kyoto Protocol and which will lapse in 2012. Instead the pair suggested that the best to be expected is a political deal on cutting emissions.

Some of the blame for this must be directed at Capitol Hill. Not only will Mr Obama now not sign a cap-and-trade bill before Copenhagen; the Senate is not even expected to pass one. The House of Representatives passed in June its version of cap-and-trade but the Senate, preoccupied by a debate over the reform of health care, has left climate talks to inch along slowly behind. John Kerry, one of the Senate’s cap-and-trade champions, now says he hopes for a vote on the bill only in the spring. See the rest here… Climate

China Doesn’t Want Trade Surplus With U.S.

Bob Trojan — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:00:40 +0000

With China saving more than Americans, maybe they should start spending more so we can sell them more! Trade