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Toyota To Exempt Workers With Young Kids From Nightshifts
June 6, 2013 2:07 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsToyota Motor Corp. is planning to exempt factory workers with preschool-age children from working nightshifts to support childcare, starting in September, sources familiar with the matter have said. The measure has already been introduced for some Toyota plant workers on a trial bases, kicking off October last year.
Lenovo Marks First U.S. Manufacturing Plant
June 6, 2013 2:05 pm | by Emery P. Dalesio, AP Business Writer | CommentsThree business reasons — quicker, closer and custom — prompted computer maker Lenovo Group to open its first U.S. manufacturing operation in North Carolina instead of low-cost foreign locations like Mexico or China, its North American president said.
Feds: Engineer Tried To Steal Firm's Trade Secrets
June 6, 2013 2:03 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsFederal authorities say a Mahwah man was planning to go to India with a New Jersey company's stolen trade secrets for self-administered disposable pens. U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman announced Wednesday that 36-year-old Ketan Maniar, an Indian national, was charged with stealing trade secrets for his own economic benefit from a worldwide medical technology company headquartered in Franklin Lakes.
U.S. Officials To Meet Over Cellphone Thefts
June 6, 2013 2:01 pm | by Terry Collins, Associated Press | CommentsTop law enforcement officials from San Francisco and New York plan to meet with some of the largest U.S. smartphone makers next week to help thwart the rise in cellphone thefts and robberies. San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced Wednesday that their meeting scheduled to take place in New York City on June 13 will be dubbed a "Smartphone Summit."
Union Backers Protest OH Right-To-Work Bill
June 5, 2013 2:21 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsLabor backers are making clear their opposition to a pair of bills aiming to strip Ohio unions of their power to compel membership and automatically collect dues. Hundreds showed up Tuesday at the Ohio Statehouse, where the first — and probably the last — hearing was being held on right-to-work legislation proposed by Republican state Reps. Kristina Roegner and Ron Maag.
UT Study Shows Economic Impact Of VW Plant
June 5, 2013 2:20 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsA research study by the University of Tennessee at Knoxville shows Volkswagen's assembly plant in Chattanooga is responsible for more than $643 million in annual income. The study also estimates that the plant increases state and local tax revenue by $53.5 million annually.
ITC Rules For Samsung, Bans iPhone 4 Imports
June 5, 2013 2:19 pm | by Peter Svensson, AP Technology Writer | CommentsA U.S. trade agency on Tuesday issued a ban on imports of Apple's iPhone 4 and a variant of the iPad 2 after finding the devices violate a patent held by South Korean rival Samsung Electronics. Because the devices are assembled in China, the import ban would end Apple's ability to sell them in the U.S.
U.S. Factory Orders Up 1 Percent In April
June 5, 2013 2:17 pm | by Martin Crutsinger, AP Economics Writer | CommentsOrders to U.S. factories rose modestly in April as manufacturers rebounded from a weak March performance. Factory orders rose 1 percent in April compared with March when orders had dropped a sharp 4.7 percent, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. The big swing reflected volatility in commercial aircraft orders, which were down sharply in March but surged 53.3 percent in April.
GOP Senate Hopeful Calls For Corporate Tax Break
June 5, 2013 2:15 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsRepublican U.S. Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez pressed for a cut in the corporate tax rate after a tour of textile-maker Polartec. The company has rebounded from a massive fire in 1995 that destroyed the plant, and two subsequent bankruptcies. It now faces new challenges brought on by the decline in defense-related business resulting from the winding down of foreign wars and the automatic federal budget cuts that went into effect in March.
Toyota's IN Plant Adding Jobs
June 5, 2013 2:14 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsToyota says it is hiring slightly more new workers than first expected as it increases production at its southwestern Indiana factory. The automaker announced last year that it would add about 400 employees to the Princeton factory's workforce so it could build 50,000 more Highlander SUVs a year.
Bosch Rexroth Receives 2013 “Jobs First” Governor’s ImPAct Award
June 5, 2013 11:53 am | CommentsBosch Rexroth Corporation, which has a manufacturing campus in Bethlehem, PA, was honored with the Jobs First Award for the Lehigh Valley region for its job growth, commitment to sustainable business operations and for its collaboration efforts within its community.
Apple Poised For Silicon Valley Hiring Spree
June 5, 2013 10:05 am | by Michael Liedtke, AP Technology Writer | CommentsApple expects to expand its Silicon Valley workforce by nearly 50 percent during the next three years, signaling the company's faith in its ability to keep coming up with hit products like the iPhone and iPad. The projections detailed in a report released Tuesday envision Apple hiring 7,400 more workers at its Cupertino, California, headquarters between now and the planned completion of a new office complex in 2016.
Italy Appoints Administrator For Troubled Plant
June 5, 2013 10:03 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsThe Italian government on Tuesday appointed a turnaround expert as administrator to oversee Europe's largest steel mill as part of an emergency decree to safeguard jobs while pushing ahead with an environmental cleanup at the plant linked to elevated cancer rates in the area.
Eurozone Recovery Proves Elusive
June 5, 2013 10:01 am | by Pan Pylas, Associated Press | CommentsSeveral economic figures for the 17 EU countries that use the euro all showed the same thing Wednesday — there's no sign of a recovery from recession. Eurostat, the European Union's statistics office, confirmed that the eurozone's economy as a whole shrank 0.2 percent in the first quarter of the year from the previous three-month period, with most sectors declining.
Study IDs Possible New WY Rare Earths Sources
June 5, 2013 10:00 am | by Mead Gruver, Associated Press | CommentsA new study by the Wyoming State Geological Survey has identified dozens of possible sources of rare earth metals in Wyoming in addition to deposits in the Bear Lodge Mountains that a company already has targeted for mining. State geologists gathered and analyzed 335 rock samples from around Wyoming over the past year, making use of $200,000 appropriated by the Legislature.
