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If you want a view of the economy from outside the traditional research world, then check out U.S. manufacturing surveys from the American Machine Tool Distributors’ Association (AMTDA) and a buying consortium of mid-sized manufacturers nam...
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The average weekly hours of manufacturing production workers decreased from 40.7 hours in January 2010 to 40.3 hours in February 2010. Join the conversation about this story » See Also: Average Hourly Earnings: February 2010 Marginally Attached To Workforce: February 2010 Monthly Unemployment Rate: February 2010
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China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) remains in session . As usual, the meeting has provided Beijing an opportunity to highlight the past year’s successes and lay out the problems that lie ahead. On the surface at least, Ch...
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Carnegie apparently said, "Take away my people, but leave my factories and soon grass will grow on the factory floors......Take away my factories, but leave my people and soon we will have a new and better factory." Is there a typical large corpora...
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After a busy day at work, the only thing more daunting than preparing a full-fledged dinner is cleaning up a pile of dishes afterward. The Home Ec 101 blog offers a tasty meal idea that uses only a baking sheet. Photo by ndrwfgg .
Although th...
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Rob B and I were discussing the inherent oddness of those faux stereos, TVs, and computers used in furniture store displays. Cut to a good half-hour of browsing the site of Props By IDM (International Dummy Machines?). Not only does Props...
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Toyota Motor Corp., struggling to regain a reputation for quality after unintended acceleration forced millions of vehicle recalls, will investigate a report in California of a Prius hybrid car that sped out of control.
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Photo by Phillip Stewart
Did you ever wonder if what we bring into our homes could be increasing our risk of cancer, developmental issues in our children, or asthma? How could a lovely PVC shower curtain or new s...
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NYC bike messenger Austin Horse shills for Mercedes in this bike vs car competition from Harlem to the Brooklyn Bridge. It’s an ad for Mercedes-Benz, but guess who wins?
In the setup to this little race , the driver comp...
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The next evolution of our signature Neoprene Sleeve is now available exclusively through our webstore and at the Apple Store. Available for all models in the MacBook family, our Neoprene Sleeve Plus has been redesigned with a new material se...
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(This post previously appeared at Wall Street Cheat Sheet )
Jim Rogers is one of the best global investors of all-time. Last time we chatted a couple months ago he was sleeping soundly with his investments in commodities. I caught up with him t...
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What is an economy? Is it just rivers of money and stuff, flowing back and forth between consumer and producer, resting on a bed of information? That's more or less the way we've conceptualized it. It's why economists often say that banks and...
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Jim Rogers is one of the best global investors of all-time. Last time we chatted a couple months ago he was sleeping soundly with his investments in commodities. I caught up with him to get some high level perspective on the current issues unfol...
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There are many kinds of otaku (geek) in Japan and many kinds of moe (萌え, -philes). However, this is one of the most unexpected we’ve come across so far.
The last couple of years has seen a boom in “factory love” (工場萌え, kouj...
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California is doomed for two simple but profound reasons: the cost structure is too high for most businesses to survive, and a boom-dependent economy. The dysfunctions crippling California would easily fill a volume: a dysfunctional Legisla...
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Alternative or renewable energy is quite popular right now. Even with the focus on Obamacare, Cap and Trade is still very much on the radar. Do not think for one minute this has gone away or been scrapped by Obama. His desire to force 'his' new wor...
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Apple Inc. shares continued their run to new highs Tuesday, lifting the stock market value of the company past $200 billion for the first time. That gives Apple a seat in a very exclusive club: Only four other U.S. companies -- Exxon Mobil , Mi...
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Korean company Samsung kicks off the industry-wide push by launching a 3D range that will be in British shops by the end of the month The friendly green monster Shrek, the blue-skinned Na'vi of the planet Pandora and Wayne Rooney's shots on goal...
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Here’s a rather interesting headphone design, the Street Headphone. It has a laser sintered polyamide outer shell, which is made using the rapid manufacturing process. With that in place, customers are able to personalize the own outer sh...
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(This post comes courtesy of the Mad Hedge Fund Trader )
Something Amazing is Happening With the Payroll Figures . The February non-farm payroll showed a further loss of 36,000 jobs, versus an expected loss of 75,000, and the unemployment r...
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Why A Wave Of Small And Mid-Size Manufacturing Jobs Is Coming This Year
