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WATCH: Become A Sculpture At Pawel Althamer's New Show

VernissageTV | Posted 12.30.2011

Read More: Factory, Deutsche Bank, Skeleton, Zombies, Guggenheim, Sculpture, Plastic, Contemporary Art, Pawel Althamer, UK Arts, Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, Video, Arts News
VernissageTV

Those who visit the Deutsche Guggenheim in Berlin these days might be a little confused by the sign above the entrance. What is Almech? Well, this is ...

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Cai Guo-Qiang's Latest Blockbuster Comes To...Industrial Ukraine?

VernissageTV | Posted 10.28.2011

Read More: Cai Guo-Qiang, UK Arts, Art Openings, Vernissage, Factory, Installation Art, Video, Gunpowder, Vernissagetv, Drawing, Contemporary Art, Ukraine, Soviet Union, Donetsk, Izolyatsia, Arts News
VernissageTV

Izolyatsia is a new art center in the industrial city of Donetsk, Ukraine. The center just opened with a solo exhibition of Cai Guo-Qiang. The show ti...

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Manufacturing Sector Latest Sign Of Economic Gloom

Posted 10.01.2011

Read More: Factory, Unemployment, Great Recession, Ism, Jobs, Manufacturing, Economists, Economic Recovery, Prices, Institute for Supply Management, Business News

The pace of growth in the manufacturing sector slowed more than expected in July, according to an industry report released on Monday. The Insti...

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Nike Faces New Worker Abuse Claims In Indonesia

Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Factory, Baruch College, Indonesia, Nike, Jakarts, Jobs, Worker Conditions, Warehouse, Converse, Muslim, Standards and Practices, PT Amara Factory, Pou Chen, Sweatshops, Business News

SUKABUMI, Indonesia (AP) -- Workers making Converse sneakers in Indonesia say supervisors throw shoes at them, slap them in the face and call them dog...

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'Model workplaces' not always so safe amidst deaths and avoidable accidents

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 09.06.2011

Read More: Factory, Workplace Safety, Factory Workers, Osha, Politics News
The Center for Public Integrity

Despite deaths and avoidable accidents, companies stay in OSHA's 'voluntary protection' clubBy Chris Hamby, iWatch NewsFirst in a series, "Model Workp...

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Why 'Unfiltered' Ginger Ale Tastes Better

Liza de Guia | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ginger Ale, Small Business, Food Videos, Food Documentary, Bruce Cost, Ny, Skeeternyc, Fresh Ginger Ginger Ale, Brooklyn, Food Curated, Featured, Innovation, Liza deGuia, Gothamist, Beverages, Cola, Coke, Drink, Factory, Fresh Ginger Ginger Ale by Bruce Cost, Video, Recipes, Cooking, Soda, Food, Tour, Product, Gingle Ale, China, Unfiltered Ginger Ale, Food News
Liza de Guia

Meet Bruce Cost, the founder of Fresh Ginger Ginger Ale by Bruce Cost, an unfiltered, pure cane sugar ginger ale made in Brooklyn, NY.

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Freezing Fruit for All Seasons (Video)

Rebecca Gerendasy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Factory, Blueberries, Raspberries, How Things Work, Marionberries, How-To, Blackberries, Frozen Food, Food News
Rebecca Gerendasy

Remember those hot days of summer? Well, if they feel too far away, come along on this behind-the-scenes tour of the Willamette Valley Fruit Company plant.

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The Rich Get Richer, the Poor Poorer

William Astore | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Factory, Congress, President Barack Obama, Unemployment Benefits, Poor, Working Families, Barack Obama, Bush Tax Cuts, Working Class, Obama Tax Cut Compromise, Obama Tax Cut, Politics News
William Astore

Americans are uncomfortable calling attention to pay discrepancies and exploitation because it smacks of class warfare. Thus they put up and shut up.

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Divine Design: 15 Books From Factories To Femmes Fatales

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Design, Designers, Book Design, Factory, Femme Fatales, Alfred Hitchcock, Artist-Studios, Slidepollajax, Actar Publishing, Braun Publishing, Taschen Books, Detroit, Arts News

The best design books can open your eyes to a beauty previously unseen as easily as they can make you fall all over again for something you've always ...

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Apple in China, Or Why My New Toy is Covered in Blood

Zachary Stockill | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Labor, Human Rights, Apple, China, Mac, Factory, Steve Jobs, Working Conditions, Apple Computers, Suicide, Marketing, Technology News
Zachary Stockill

I like to think of myself as a conscientious consumer, and I was aware of the conditions of much of Chinese labor. This fleeting consideration was swiftly superseded by the tiny excitement of a new toy.

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Born to Rank: The Top 25 Bruce Springsteen Songs

Ben Mankiewicz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Racing in the Street, The Ghost of Tom Joad, Top 25, Thunder Road, Incident at 57th Street, Lucky Town, Ben Mankiewicz, Youngstown, Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out, Thom Zimny, Born to Run, Factory, The Price You Pay, Glory Days, This Hard Land, Reason to Believe, Murder Incorporated, Downbound Train, American Land, The Rising, The Promise, Growin' Up, Darkness on the Edge of Town, Magic, Atlantic City, Bruce Springsteen, Tougher Than the Rest, Cynthia, Ramrod, Backstreets, Slidepollajax, Bruce Springsteen Songs, Top 25 Bruce Springsteen Songs, Bruce Springsteen the Promise, Springsteen, Entertainment News
Ben Mankiewicz

2010-09-22-bruce.jpgThe criteria are flexible. They're a combination of songwriting, listening pleasure, live performance and at what point in the song I begin to cry like an 11-year-old girl.

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San Francisco Mime Troupe's Latest: "Posibilidad, or Death of the Worker"

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Leftist, Triangle Fire, Sweatshop, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, POSIBILIDAD or Death of the Worker, Labor, Theater, Michael Gene Sullivan, Bruckman Textile Mill, Republic Windows and Doors, SF Mime Troupe, Factory, Labor Day, Chris Weigant, Union, Argentina, Labor Movement, Buenos Aires, San Francisco Mime Troupe, Sit-In, Posibilidad, Sullivan, Bruckman, Politics News
Chris Weigant

If you are a member of a union (especially if you're an officer or hold other clout with your union), urge them to extend an invitation to the San Francisco Mime Troupe to perform POSIBILIDAD, or Death of the Worker.

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Foxconn Suicides: Four Employees Attempt Suicide Within One Month At Apple Factory

Telegraph | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Factory, Foxconn, Factory Workers Suicide Attempts, Foxconn Suicides, China, Suicide Attempts, Technology News

Even as the iPad breaks all sales records, something deeply disturbing is happening at Foxconn, the China-based company that manufactures the gadget f...

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US Mocks Venezuela Space Plans

AP | By MATTHEW LEE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, South America, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Outerspace, Latin America, Vladimir Putin, P.J. Crowley, US, Satellite Launcher, Satellite, Factory, Space Travel, State Department, Caracas, Space Program, World News

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration on Friday dismissed Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's suggestion that his country wants to set up a space prog...

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WATCH : Linchpin Author Seth Godin "We All Live In Detroit"

Lee Stranahan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Factory, Outsourcing, Unemployment, Books, Michigan, Economy, Conversation, Jobs, Chris Anderson, Seth Godin, Manufacturing, Technology, Interview, Detroit, Business News
Lee Stranahan

Politicians of both parties use the issue of unemployment as a political football and set the terms of most of our media discussion of the issue of jo...

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In Trade, Too Often, the Victim is Blamed

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dumping, Mercantilist, Tire Tariffs, Protectionist, President Obama, Sen. Richard Shelby, International Trade Rules, Beijing, Cooper Tire & Rubber Co., United Steelworkers, Down Jones Newswire, U.S. International Trade Commission, Factory, International Trade, Dan DiMicco, Oil Country Tubular Goods, Industry, Washington Post, American Manufacturing, Paul Krugman, Chinese Exports, Nucor, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

The U.S. media strongly supports protections for copyrighted material like movies and music, but it isn't so sympathetic of trade cases involving manufactured goods, like Chinese-manufactured tires.

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Middle-Class Faces Homelessness After Job Loss

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fire-Marshall, Food Banks, Migrant Workers, Share Our Selves, Laid Off, Bearing Witness, Layoffs, Outsourcing, Factory, Unemployed, Unemployment, Homelessness, Potatoes, Homeless, Bearing Witness 2.0, Arson, Business News

Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that the Robertson family was living in a storage unit. Save The Family Arizona suppli...

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Factory Balls: Engineering Puzzle

www.mochiads.com | MochiAds | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Factory, Games, Falsh Games, Invent, Play, Fun, Puzzle, Iq, Facory Balls, Relax, Engineering, Video, Comedy News

At the beginning of the game you will get an empty box with the image of the product needed to be produced, a container full of feedstock and a wide range of things to proceed with. You need to take one feedstock - a white ball - and using different instruments make it like the image on the box. If you failed you need to throw out a ball into trash.

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Reading The Pictures: Shaming Detroit (While Wall St. Walks)

Michael Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Photos, Abc, Shaming Detroit, Shame, Auto Testimony, Auto Industry, Capitol Hill, Gm, Economy, Washington, News Video, Richard Wagoner, Photojournalism, Factory, Big Three, Politics, Chrysler, Honchos, Video, Auto Execs, Robert Nardelli, GM Factory, Auto Industry Hearings, Auto Bailout, News, Morality Play, Lordstown, Contrite, Detroit Bailout, Auto CEO's, Detroit, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Media News
Michael Shaw

2008-12-05-shaw_auto3.jpgWhat was completely predictable, if thoroughly heavy-handed, was the way the visual media shaped "The Return Of The Auto Executives" into a classic morality play.

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