Tuesday, February 21, 2012

February 10, 2012



Quick Manufacturing News
Abundant natural gas cuts storage withdrawals as Pennsylvania passes tax on Marcellus drilling. Click to continue


Quick Manufacturing News
Although performance-based pay is an important way to align management and shareholder interests, new research indicates that certain incentives could actually be motivating executives to manipulate reported earnings. Click to continue


Quick Manufacturing News
NRC OK's two new reactors at Georgia facility. Click to continue


Quick Manufacturing News
PwC reports confidence levels among industrial manufacturing leaders down. Click to continue

Obama is pushing for an economic revival 'built on American manufacturing,' but he faces an uphill slog, with little consensus even within his own party on how to do it ...  continue

TRADE DEFICIT WIDENS IN DECEMBER
Today in Manufacturing
Exports to Europe rose at a healthy clip, a sign that the critical U.S. trading partner continues to buy American goods despite its weakened economy ...  continue

RE-EVALUATING VALUE ENGINEERING

Today in Manufacturing
It's an effective methodology for redesigning existing products, but to limit it's employ to that challenge is to realize only a fraction of its potential ...  continue

YEAR-END HOME SALES HIGHEST IN THREE YEARS
Utah Business
Utah home sales in 2011 were the highest they’ve been since 2007, according to a new report from the Utah Association of Realtors. The report indicated that Utah Realtors sold nearly 33,000 homes last year, up from the final tallies in 2010, 2009 and 2008.             Compared to 2010, sales were up nearly 9 percent.

MANUFACTURING LOOKING UP
Utah Business
Utah’s manufacturing industry is expecting a better year than 2011, but companies are still facing labor shortages and tech colleges have an image issue with manufacturing education, according to industry experts at Utah Business magazine’s roundtable Wednesday morning.   The economy is looking up, said Ragula Bhaskar, CEO of FatPipe Networks. Many people saw a drop in profits last year without realizing that drop was because businesses finally felt comfortable enough to make investments in the future.

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