Manufacturing
Caterpillar to Expand in Brazil 1
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The company plans to invest $180 million to build a factory in the city of Campo Largo and expand an existing facility in Piracicaba. Those facilities will specialize in manufacturing backhoe loaders and small wheel loaders.
Important Daily News You Need to Know, Today's Issue: Hard Industry 2
Award winning author and economist Eammon Fingleton discusses how the economy was impacted by jettisoning manufacturing.
China's Double Standard on Free Trade
The United States currently buys $3.90 worth of Chinese goods for every $1 worth of American goods sold to China.
Did the Stimulus Create Jobs?
The funds our government spend need to be directed at developing workers' skills, improving an outdated and ineffective education system, and helping those financially-strained by the recession get back on their feet as productive individuals.
American Factories Continue to Shutter
The bad news continues to mount for the nation’s beleaguered manufacturing sector as a myriad of factories, from nearly every corner of the country.
