Posts for March 3, 2010

UTAH'S MANUFACTURING LEADERS DISCUSS INDUSTRY TRENDS

March 3, 2010 – UB Daily
Top business leaders in Utah’s manufacturing industry met on Tuesday, March 2 for a Utah Business roundtable discussion where they talked about the issues and trends facing the industry in 2010. Highlights included the challenges and benefits of domestic and international competition, recruiting an educated workforce, and igniting an interest in the state’s youth to pursue manufacturing careers. Global Marketplace Although the manufacturing industry was not immune from the economic woes of 2009, many companies actually thrived last year by focusing their resources on the international market.

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DID YOU KNOW?

March 3, 2010
U.S. manufacturing produces $1.6 trillion of value each year, or 11.5 percent of GDP. Manufacturers employ nearly 12 million workers and account for the lion's share of private sector research and development in America.

HOUSE GOP WANTS TO STRIP EPA OF ITS GREENHOUSE GAS AUTHORITY.

March 3, 2010 - Politico
House Republicans "are pushing a resolution that would block the EPA's regulation of greenhouse gases, throwing a wrench in the Obama administration's attempts to bypass Congress and regulate carbon emissions." According to Politico "the announcement comes as a growing chorus of lawmakers -- mostly Republicans, but some coal state Democrats as well -- have criticized" the EPA finding "that the heat-trapping gases were harmful to the public, paving way for regulation under the Clean Air Act."

Several House minority leaders have introduced a resolution to accomplish the objective.

SENATE GETS TO WORK ON JOBLESS BENEFITS

March 3, 2010 – Today in Manufacturing.net
After lone holdout gives in, Senate is back to work on $100 billion-plus bill reviving popular tax breaks and extending longer and more generous jobless benefits... continue the article at this link http://www.manufacturing.net/article.aspx?id=244842

SENATORS SAY STIMULUS MONEY CREATING JOBS OVERSEAS

March 3, 2010 – Manufacturing.net
Lawmakers urge White House to suspend stimulus program aimed at financing renewable energy, saying money is going to projects that create jobs in foreign countries ... continue the article at this link http://www.manufacturing.net/article.aspx?id=244822