Category Archives: Manufacturing

An auto startup in Louisiana – What the heck?

By doris | Published: June 18, 2009

Full Story At money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — A largely unknown car company is planning to open its first factory in what used be a headlight plant in a small town in northern Louisiana, state officials announced on Wednesday. Louisiana economic development officials are enthusiastic about the endeavor which they say will create thousands of [...]

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Microsoft reverses Windows 7 Starter limit

By doris | Published: May 31, 2009

Full Story At  msnbc.com SEATTLE – Microsoft said on Friday it would not limit the number of applications available at one time on the Starter edition of its upcoming Windows 7 operating system, reversing its earlier strategy of limiting its capabilities and urging users to upgrade. The move is a significant reversal for Microsoft as [...]

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US moving closer to swine flu vaccine

By doris | Published: May 23, 2009

Full Story At  news.Yahoo.com WASHINGTON – Inching closer to a swine flu vaccine, the government is beginning to analyze two candidates for the key ingredient to brew one. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hopes to deliver one or both to vaccine manufacturers by the end of next week so scientists can begin the [...]

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Factories dumping drugs into sewage

By doris | Published: April 20, 2009

Full Story At  msnbc.com Federal scientists testing for pharmaceuticals in water have been finding significantly more medicine residues in sewage downstream from public treatment facilities that handle waste from drugmakers. Early results from two pivotal federal studies compare wastewater at treatment plants that handle sewage from drugmakers with those that do not. The studies cover [...]

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FDA: Avoid pistachios amid salmonella scare

By doris | Published: March 31, 2009

Full Story At  msnbc.com FRESNO, Calif. – Federal food safety officials warned Monday that consumers should stop eating all foods containing pistachios while they figure out the source of a possible salmonella contamination. Still reeling from the national salmonella outbreak in peanuts, the Food and Drug Administration said central California-based Setton Farms, the nation’s second-largest [...]

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America’s vanishing cars

By doris | Published: March 14, 2009

Full Story At money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — In another sign of just how far the U.S. auto industry has fallen, this is likely to be the first year since 1945 when the number of new cars bought will be less than the number of cars turned in to the junk yard. Auto industry research [...]

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Co-workers to split $216 million lottery jackpot

By doris | Published: March 5, 2009

Full Story At  CNN.com The 10, who work for Chubb Commercial Insurance in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, held a news conference Wednesday to announce their win. Bob Space of Toms River, New Jersey, held up a lottery ticket that clearly showed the winning numbers from Tuesday’s drawing: 26, 32, 35, 43, 52 and 10. “I [...]

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GM Posts $30.9B Loss, Keeps Spending Billions

By doris | Published: February 27, 2009

Full Story At ABC News The teetering company, once the symbol of American industrial might, revealed Thursday that it burned through $19.2 billion in cash last year on its way to a $30.9 billion loss. The century-old automaker said its only hope of living another year is more aid from the government.

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Smith & Wesson Recalls James Bond Pistol; Shares Drop

By doris | Published: February 24, 2009

Full Story At Bloomberg.com Feb. 24 (Bloomberg) — Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. recalled a pistol made famous by James Bond and a second handgun after discovering they may discharge without the trigger being pulled. The shares fell 9.3 percent in after-hours trading. The recall affects all Walther PPK and PPK/S models made by Smith [...]

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‘Made in the U.S.A.’ isn’t dead, just different

By doris | Published: February 17, 2009

Full Story At msnbc.com WASHINGTON – It may seem like the country that used to make everything is on the brink of making nothing. In January, 207,000 U.S. manufacturing jobs vanished in the largest one-month drop since October 1982. Factory activity is hovering at a 28-year low. Even before the recession, plants were hemorrhaging work [...]

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