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US March 2013 New Auto Sales Surge As Americans Show More Confidence In The Showroom
U.S. auto sales continued their bull run into March as American consumers eschewed high fuel prices and gravitated to trucks and SUVs as their confidence in the state of the economy has risen along with the rebounding housing market and modest jobs g (...)
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NA Truck Markets: OEMs Still Eying Q2 Uptick
Expectations for Q1 production moving lower, Q2 uptick remains intact. Both the medium- and heavy-duty markets reported solid order intake during February, the benefits of which are seen helping Q2 production schedules as limited orders were booked n (...)
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Auto manufacturing in Canada in long-term decline, report warns
Canada’s share of North American auto manufacturing in decline, report shows.Despite nearly record high sales of autos in the U.S. and Canada last year, Canada’s share of North American auto production continued to slide, a new report sho (...)
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Motor Vehicle Parts Suppliers Are Nation’s Largest Employer of Manufacturing Jobs
A new economic impact study confirms that the motor vehicle parts manufacturers industry, made up of the original equipment, aftermarket, heavy duty and remanufacturing sectors, is the largest employer of manufacturing jobs in the United States. The (...)
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Young American car buyers seen shifting away from Japanese makers
A recent study in the United States by R.L. Polk and Company found that the country’s younger car buyers have been moving away from models by Japanese manufacturers such as Toyota, Honda, and Nissan, which have normally dominated the market. The stud (...)
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AIADA Statement on Japan's Inclusion in Trade Talks: Auto Dealers Applaud Decision to Include Japan in Trans-Pacific Partnership
America’s international nameplate automobile dealers today applauded an announcement from the Obama administration that the United States will allow Japan to join the 11-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks. American International Automobile (...)
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Canadian car market down 0.8% in March 2013
Canadian car market confirms its stable trend, with March sales down only 0.8% from last year and the First Quarter ended down 1.8%. Suzuki announced the decision to stop sales by year end, following same decision taken for US five months ago. (...)
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Slideshow: A Tour of the Top Cars at the 2013 NY Auto Show
This year's New York International Auto Show featured a mix of cars ranging from electric vehicles designed for urban environments to supercars with price tags over half a million dollars. From March 29 through April 7, more than a million people vis (...)
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The Affordable Care Act - International Implications
Below is a white paper prepared at the request of Olympus Managed Health Care that addresses potential issues, which may arise under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”) in connection with inpatriate and expatriate employees. Whi (...)
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U. S. Achieves Parity with Mexico as a Preferred Manufacturing Location; To Achieve Cost Parity with China by 2015
But, look before you leap – nearshoring may not be profitable in all situations.In another sign that America is becoming more competitive in manufacturing, the United States is now equal to Mexico in “attractiveness” as a source for manuf (...)
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Is The United States Ready To Take Manufacturing Back?
Word on the street is that substantial portions of previously offshored manufacturing operations are due to return to the United States.A number of macroeconomic factors seem to have tipped the balance in favor of domestic manufacturing. (...)
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By the numbers: The state of Canadian manufacturing
Statistics Canada has updated its annual figures for the Canadian manufacturing sector, and the data paint just the kind of bleak picture you would expect: Despite a post-recession recovery, this is still a much smaller sector than it used to be. And (...)
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German Industrial Companies Are Falling In Love With The US
German industrial companies now consider investing overseas more attractive than investing at home.China retained the top spot for the third year in a row. The Eurozone, eclipsed by China in 2011, continued to decline. The attractiveness (...)
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US firms ‘reshore’ manufacturing as costs rise in China, India
A growing number of American companies are moving their manufacturing back to the US, in a strategy known as “reshoring.” Master Lock, in Milwaukee, landed a visit from President Barack Obama after bringing manufacturing jobs back from China. (...)
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Michigan's New Right to Work Law: Answers to Your Most FAQs
On December 11, 2012, Michigan became the 24th right-to-work state. As a consequence, workers in Michigan cannot be required to pay union dues as a condition of employment, referred to as a “union security” provision. In Michigan, the new Right to Wo (...)
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The role of custom tariffs in Canada’s economy
There has been much debate recently over the federal government's decision to modernize the 1974 General Preferential Tariff (GPT) program. Some economic observers, for example, have pointed out that such systematic changes could impact the price of (...)
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United States Industrial Market Signals Strength, Expansion
Prologis, Inc., the leading global owner, operator and developer of industrial real estate, today published an in-depth analysis of the United States industrial real estate market in a paper titled "The Shape of the U.S. Industrial Recovery.&quo (...)
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ERP in the Metals Industry: Second Annual Research Project by Crowe Horwath LLP and American Metal Market
The following pages present an initial summary of survey responses, providing a snapshot of the state of ERP systems in the metals industry today, including the strengths and weaknesses executives perceive in their current systems.To down (...)
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The Ripple Effect: How manufacturing and retail executives view the growing challenge of supply chain risk
Supply chains are becoming highly sophisticated and vital to the competitiveness of many companies. But their interlinked, global nature also makes them increasingly vulnerable to a range of risks.A number of internal and external forces (...)
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H-1B Cut-Off and Lottery Update
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that it has received sufficient H-1B Petitions to reach the FY 2014 statutory cap for both the bachelor's and advanced degree quotas. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services anno (...)
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Canadian Experience Class (CEC) Visas Growing Fast
Last year, 34 percent more people were able to gain permanent residence in Canada under the Canadian Experience Class (CEC) visa than had been previously anticipated. There were 9,353 people who earned the CEC visa, which allows foreign w (...)
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Silicon Valley North? Canada ‘startup visa’ program could cost U.S. in war for talent
While foreign entrepreneurs face a protracted immigration battle in the U.S., Canada has forged ahead with a new ‘Startup Visa‘ program.Canada is not the first country to implement policy to entice foreign entrepreneurs; Australia and Chi (...)
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The Importance of Accent Reduction for Increased ROI
For global companies, communication is a critical competency that impacts talent acquisition, engagement, retention, and innovation. These, in turn, are factors that provide companies competitive advantages and determine market leadership. (...)
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Key Transportation Trends Revealed in New Report from NASSTRAC
Study confirms shipper collaboration with providers via network optimization and technology investments to reduce transit times and achieve productivity.Numerous shippers and transportation executives with manufacturers, retailers, wholes (...)
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The Staggering Statistics Behind America's Trucking Industry
At one time or another, everything was transported. Planes, trains, and ships are able to move the biggest quantities of goods at any one time.But trucks are by far the most crucial mode of transport.Here's a cool infographic (...)
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Tips For Transitioning An Office-Based Company To Remote Work
Many companies are going exactly the opposite direction from Yahoo when it comes to remote work--and have best practices to prove it.Despite the recent Yahoo ban on working from home, many organizations are eager to reap the benefits of a (...)
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In the realm of high tech, Massachusetts wears the crown
Maryland, California, and Colorado also score well in Milken Institute survey of top tech states.Massachusetts is first — again — in the Milken Institute's State Technology and Science Index 2012, released today. The index tracks and eval (...)
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How Some Locations are Making Their Business Case for Incentives
Incentives are only part of an area’s economic development strategy and they are a necessity for companies that are struggling to compete in challenging economic times. See how Columbus, Ohio, Alabama and New York city have all recently successfully (...)
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Federal Court Dismisses Union’s Lawsuit Against Indiana’s Right-To-Work Law
Labor unions have threatened to challenge the legality of the new, controversial Michigan right-to-work laws. On January 17, 2013, however, a federal court in Indiana dismissed all of the Operating Engineers’ federal claims against the similar Indian (...)
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Fiscal Cliff Has Been 'Eh,' Not Armageddon
Washington's belt tightening is having just a minimal effect on businesses, according to a survey of business economists to be released Monday.The survey, by the National Association for Business Economics, asked how higher taxes and lowe (...)
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US-Canada bridge project gets presidential blessing
A new bridge between the US city of Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, in Canada will be built despite opposition from the owner of an ageing span already linking the two cities, officials say.The governor of Michigan and Canadian officials an (...)
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North America Update: global headlines
Below are the latest headlines from around the world featuring articles on North America.GM CEO sees U.S. auto demand strong for next 4-5 yearsSource: (...)
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