U.S. Companies See Opportunities at Home
By online.wsj.com, posted 7 hours ago
U.S. manufacturers are adding capacity at home, replacing aging equipment and even moving production back from overseas. (Read More)
Today's News — Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Nokia Will Lay Off 4,000 and Move More Manufacturing to Asia
By Mikael RicknA$?s / feeds.cio.com, posted 7 hours ago
Nokia has decided to move more of its manufacturing to Asia, and will lay off approximately 4,000 workers at three factories in Europe and Mexico by the end of the year, the company said on Wednesday. (Read More)
Trinity Church Leads Transformation of Manhattan’s Hudson Square
By feeds.nytimes.com, posted 11 hours ago
Trinity Church is the largest landlord in Hudson Square and is part of the effort to rezone the area to residential from manufacturing. (Read More)
Pharmaceutical and Drug Supply Chains Remain Challenged- Commentary Six
By theferrarigroup.com, posted 11 hours ago
Supply Chain Matters provides yet another update regarding our ongoing series of commentaries as to why pharmaceutical and drug supply chains are failing to deliver reliable and life-saving supplies to doctors, hospitals and patients. The specific problem concerns generic, injected drugs which are utilized in chemotherapy and other life-saving ... (Read More)
The Quest for Cheaper, Better Lights
By online.wsj.com, posted 12 hours ago
Soraa plans to disclose the benefits of an unusual technology for manufacturing LEDs, which have found applications in areas such as traffic signals but aren't widely used to light up homes or offices. (Read More)
AIG Chairman Heads for Hawker
By online.wsj.com, posted 12 hours ago
American International Group Inc. will review its list of candidates to succeed Chief Executive Robert Benmosche after the company's chairman, a restructuring expert designated as a possible emergency replacement, took a new job as CEO of Hawker Beechcraft Inc., an aircraft manufacturer that has struggled amid a long slump in the business-jet ... (Read More)
BHP Billiton Posts Higher Revenue, Lower Net
By online.wsj.com, posted 13 hours ago
BHP Billiton reported a 5.5% drop in profit and said it expects volatility in commodity markets to persist given Europe's debt crisis and weakness in manufacturing and construction across key markets. (Read More)
Nokia Cuts 4,000 Jobs
By feedproxy.google.com, posted 15 hours ago
Manufacturing will shift to Asia to shorten the time it takes for products to get to market, company said. (Read More)
LZ: Strip club law a no-brainer
By rss.cnn.com, posted on 02/07/2012 at 7:07 PM
LZ Granderson encourages anybody against the "strip club" bill to walk into a manufacturing plant and ask workers how they feel about their tax dollars being spent on strippers -- by welfare recipients no less. (Read More)
BP hikes dividend after strong fourth quarter (AP)
By us.rd.yahoo.com, posted on 02/07/2012 at 1:15 PM
AP - BP PLC has raised its quarterly dividend by 14 percent after posting double-digit gains in profit and revenue in the last three months of 2011 despite further big payments to compensate for a disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. (Read More)
