Backdrop for Obama’s announcement of fuel-efficiency grants? A couple of foreign-built trucks
Jason Reed / ReutersIn August, President Obama announced, at this event in Indiana, new funds to support the building of vehicles like the one behind him — which was manufactured in England.
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Photographs of President Barack Obama run on a constant loop in [...]
White House Ties Stimulus, Tax Cuts To 1 Million Jobs
by The Associated Press
October 30, 2009
New job numbers from businesses, contractors, state and local governments, nonprofit groups and universities were not scheduled to be released publicly until Friday afternoon. But White House economic adviser Jared Bernstein says officials have been told the [...]
W. Michael Brown has scaled back hiring plans in his Virginia auto-parts stores. Carl Redman halted an expansion project at his Oregon contracting business. Bill Hammack is preparing layoffs at his road-construction company in Georgia.
The economy remains unsteady 22 months after the recession began, with banks restricting credit and consumers hunkering down. For these [...]
Posted Oct 20, 2009 07:30am EDT by Aaron Task in Newsmakers
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The U.S. is an empire in decline, according to Niall Ferguson, Harvard professor and author of The Ascent of Money.“People have predicted the end of America in the past and been wrong,” Ferguson concedes. “But let’s face [...]
BEIJING — China’s Ministry of Commerce said Monday it has made a preliminary ruling to impose tariffs of up to 36% on nylon 6, or polycaprolactam, from the U.S., saying the imports have damaged the domestic industry.
The antidumping measure is the latest in a series of trade measures by China after the Obama administration [...]
Made in USA Certified – Trust but Certify!
The Dream, The Vision and The People Behind It
Delray Beach, FL—October 16, 2009– Julie and Adam Reiser, husband and wife team out of Delray Beach, Florida, not only have a solid marriage and partnership but, they have a huge brood of six active boys ranging in [...]
In 2006 alone, nearly seven million sheets of drywall were imported from China. The federal court in the Eastern District of Louisiana has identified 26 brands of drywall, but 11 others had no markings other than variations of “Made in China.”
By Chris Buckley
BEIJING (Reuters) – China pledged to strengthen bonds with isolated North Korea, nudging it to improve its economy, while reports of Indian and South Korean swoops on North Korean shipping underscored strains behind a recent easing of tension.
The renewed courting between the two communist neighbors came in messages between Chinese President [...]
The Congressional Budget Office is projecting that Social Security will pay out more in benefits than it collects in taxes next year and in 2011, a first since the early 1980s, when Congress last overhauled Social Security.
A tiny car company backed by former Vice President Al Gore has just gotten a $529 million U.S. government loan to help build a hybrid sports car in Finland that will sell for about $89,000.