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'Green News Report' - May 16, 2013

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.16.2013 | Green
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport FACEBOOK: Green News Report The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app! IN TODAY'...

Why Our Economy Struggles to Create Jobs

Michele Nash-Hoff | Posted 05.16.2013 | Business
Michele Nash-Hoff

It is high time for Congress and the Obama administration to develop a comprehensive national manufacturing strategy for the United States. Until we make a national manufacturing strategy a top priority, our economy will continue to struggle to create jobs.

'Green News Report' - May 14, 2013

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.14.2013 | Green
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport FACEBOOK: Green News Report The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app! IN TODAY'...

Boeing's Dreamliner - A Cautionary Tale for Government Outsourcers

Donald Cohen | Posted 05.02.2013 | Business
Donald Cohen

Policy makers across the country often say they want to run governments more like a business. The Dreamliners that are still on the ground should tell them something about what that really means: there's no substitute for good management and strong oversight to deliver quality services at reasonable costs.

March Trade Deficit Better -- Why This Matters More Than Budget Deficit

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.02.2013 | Business
Dave Johnson

The balance of trade is important because trade is how our country makes a living as a country. This huge continuing deficit matters, because it is literally draining money and jobs (and factories and industries) from our economy.

The Anti-Manufacturing Forces in Washington

Gilbert B. Kaplan | Posted 04.25.2013 | Business
Gilbert B. Kaplan

Hard as it may be to believe, there are forces in Washington that oppose the revival of the U.S. manufacturing sector. Who are they, and how do we counter their efforts? I think -- roughly -- they fall into five groups.

How Top Manufacturers Are Taking the Lead on Sustainability

Linda Mayer | Posted 04.21.2013 | Green
Linda Mayer

Environmental sustainability, once relegated to the margins of most businesses (unless they engaged in greenwashing tactics that looked good for PR bu...

Innovation Factory: A Retail Space in Chicago's Advanced Manufacturing Movement

Kathryn Born | Posted 04.23.2013 | Small Business
Kathryn Born

In our lifetime, we will look at an online shoe store, and when we hit the "print button," our 3D desktop printer will manufacture a pair of shoes right from our desktop.

Innovation: Additive Manufacturing

Jerry Jasinowski | Posted 04.16.2013 | Technology
Jerry Jasinowski

I am sometimes inclined to hyperbole when describing the creative genius of American manufacturers, but the reality on the shop floor outpaces my ability to capture in words what our factory wizards are actually achieving.

Cold March Chills Job Creation

Diane Swonk | Posted 04.10.2013 | Business
Diane Swonk

Last week's employment report was discouraging but not as bad as many might think, given the role that unusually cold weather played in dampening gains.

We Know Where the Jobs Are

Mark Tomlinson | Posted 04.03.2013 | Business
Mark Tomlinson

The fact is there are hundreds of thousands of good-paying jobs available right now, but they remain unfilled because employers can't find workers with the right skills. Those employers are America's manufacturers.

High Stakes Negotiation? Send a Woman

Dr. Tracey Wilen-Daugenti | Posted 04.03.2013 | Business
Dr. Tracey Wilen-Daugenti

In an ever increasing complex business society with a lot at stake the old style win-lose method is less effective. Negotiations are much more complex and are usually problem-solving situations involving multiple stakeholders with a variety of needs. This is where women excel.

Gateway Community and Technical College Employs Multi-Faceted Approach to Attack Jobs Crisis

The National Fund for Workforce Solutions | Posted 05.15.2013 | Business
The National Fund for Workforce Solutions

It's a jobs gap. No, it's a skills gap. Whatever it is, the fact remains that 12 million Americans are out of work. The only sure-fire solution is to help them find a job, one person at a time.

Britain Heads For Third Recession In 4 Years

Reuters | Olesya Dmitracova and William Schomberg | Posted 03.01.2013 | Business

LONDON, March 1 (Reuters) - The risk that Britain is entering its third recession in four years grew on Friday with figures showing that manufacturing...

As BP Trial Begins, Gulf Businesses and Communities Call for Ecosystem Restoration and Economic Opportunity

Jeffrey Buchanan | Posted 04.28.2013 | Impact
Jeffrey Buchanan

Monday marked the beginning of arguably the biggest trial of this century, as the U.S. Department of Justice went to court with global oil giant, BP. With money most likely on the way to states, and needs still so acute, the question is, how to invest it most effectively.

Private Manufacturers Growing Sales, Profitability

Mary Ellen Biery | Posted 04.27.2013 | Small Business
Mary Ellen Biery

Private manufacturing companies in Sageworks' database have an average net profit margin of 6.5 percent, according to current estimates for 2012. That compares with an average net profit margin of just over 5 percent in 2011 and a recessionary low average of 2.7 percent in 2009.

Going Beyond the President's Manufacturing Strategy

David Coates | Posted 04.27.2013 | Politics
David Coates

We need active industrial and social policy on an ambitious scale if we are ever to put this economy back onto the high-investment, high-wage growth trajectory from which the Reagan years took us away.

Tales of Leadership

Jerry Jasinowski | Posted 04.20.2013 | Technology
Jerry Jasinowski

These are two fascinating life stories by two visionaries, and I found them especially interesting in terms of their unique approaches to leadership. I highly recommend them for anyone interested in the dynamics of organizational leadership, either in the private or the public sector.

Getting Serious About U.S. Manufacturing - Again

Sarah A. Webster | Posted 04.17.2013 | Business
Sarah A. Webster

As bad as the Great Recession might have been for manufacturing, it's had a fascinating silver lining for the image of manufacturing, which not too long ago felt like a lost cause.

Business Groups Gear Up For Fight Over Obama Agenda

Reuters | Posted 04.15.2013 | Business

* Small businesses push back on $9/hr minimum wage * Energy plan makes no mention of electric vehicles By Ben Berkowitz ...

The President Can End Currency Manipulation With the Stroke of a Pen, Halving the U.S. Trade Deficit and Creating Jobs

Robert E. Scott | Posted 04.14.2013 | Politics
Robert E. Scott

Under existing authority, the President can execute one simple policy that would create 2.2 to 4.7 million jobs over the next three years: End currency manipulation by a handful of countries, especially China.

Brazilian Competitiveness: Folia and Hangover

Otaviano Canuto | Posted 04.14.2013 | World
Otaviano Canuto

As the Carnival in Brazil kicked off last weekend, Brazilians were ready for a party. They have reasons to celebrate. Despite a lackluster GDP performance in the last two years, unemployment rates remain at record low levels.

Engineering an Economic Recovery

Justin Talbot Zorn | Posted 04.13.2013 | Politics
Justin Talbot Zorn

Scientific research is still a crucial element in manufacturing strength. But it's what comes next that often counts most. The U.S. is currently lagging in advanced manufacturing because it is failing to translate basic research into marketable products.

TBTF, TBTJ: Too Big to Exist

Mike Lux | Posted 04.10.2013 | Politics
Mike Lux

I remain troubled by the fact that fundamental economic issues seem to be the last thing on anybody's minds in D.C. And looming over these economic problems is the elephant in the room: these Too Big To Fail, and apparently Too Big To Jail, Wall Street financial conglomerates.

Fix the Trade Deficit, Fix the Economy

Dave Johnson | Posted 04.10.2013 | Business
Dave Johnson

Yet another report is out showing how the trade deficit is costing us millions of jobs and hurting our economy. This is a real problem that is hurting people, hurting communities, hurting our tax base and hurting our ability to make a living in the future.