Monday, July 23, 2012

DailyMarkets.com - The Future Of Manufacturing: America Not China

DailyMarkets.com - The Future Of Manufacturing: America Not China

The Future Of Manufacturing: America Not China

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 08:32 PM PDT

From the Foreign Policy article: “The Future of Manufacturing Is in America, Not China,” by Vivek Wadhwa:

“Ralph Lauren berets aside, the larger trends show that the tide has turned, and it is China’s turn to worry. Many CEOs, including Dow Chemicals’ Andrew Liveris, have declared their intentions to bring manufacturing back to the United States. What is going to accelerate the trend isn’t, as people believe, the rising cost of Chinese labor or a rising yuan. The real threat to … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Title IX For America’s Most Dangerous Occupation?

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 08:04 PM PDT

Being a firefighter is a very dangerous occupation, although it’s been getting slightly safer over time.  According to the National Fire Protection Association, almost 3,600 firefighters died on the job between 1981 and 2011. That’s an average of about 115 occupational deaths per year for firefighters, although fortunately there’s been a slight downward trend and the  number of deaths last year was only about half the historical average at 61, setting a new record low.  

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For Many Consumer Items, Prices Are Falling

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 04:25 PM PDT

Item
% Change
      Last Year      

Food (actual prices)

Butter
-14.5%

Lettuce
-13.2%

Bacon
-10.9%

Rice
-9.6%

Cabbage
-9.2%

Ham
-7.2%

Milk
-6.2%

Bread
-5.8%

Broccoli
-4.5%

Tomatoes
-4.3%

Bologna
-3.0%

Peppers
-3.0%

Chuck Roast
-2.7%

Malt Beverages
-2.7%

Flour
-1.7%

Turkey
-1.5%

Bananas
-1.5%

Potatoes
-1.3%

Eggs
-0.8%

Energy

Natural Gas
-13.6%

Fuel Oil
-8.1%

Gasoline
-4.1%

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Good News: China Soft Landing, Bad News…

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 12:19 AM PDT

In my post last week about China (see China beyond the hard/soft landing debate), I wrote that one of the side-effects of the CNYUSD peg was an inappropriate monetary policy, which served to coddle the State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) at the expense of the Small and Medium Enterprises and the household sector. Not so coincidentally, Party cadres and insiders have made out like bandits as the power of SOEs have grown. While the central government’s stated policy is to re-balance growth away from … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards
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