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In the 2012 Campaign, the Factory Floor Becomes a Star

More than 975,000 mentions were made in presidential TV advertising about jobs, outsourcing, and trade generally or specifically involving China, according to a report released today by Kantar Media’s Campaign Media Analysis Group (CMAG) conducted for the AAM.

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May 13, 2013

Commentary

Are Women Really Making It?

If there were any doubts about the advancements of women in the United States, one need only look to the 113th Congress to be convinced. Until now, there have never been 20 female senators in office at one time. Of the 2,000 senators throughout our nations’ history, only 44 have been women, lightly peppering the halls of Congress. There are also a record number of women in the House of Representatives, with 77 women sworn in this year....More
May 9, 2013

News

Obama Takes New Shot at Unleashing Jobs Growth

Announces launch of competitions for three new Manufacturing Innovation Institutes and signs order to make government data more readily available...More
May 8, 2013

News

IndustryWeek

US Security at Risk Due to Foreign Suppliers, AAM Report Warns

U.S. national security and the health of its defense industrial base are “threatened by our military’s growing and dangerous reliance on foreign nations for the raw materials, parts, and finished products needed to defend the American people,” according to a new report issued by the Alliance for American Manufacturing....More
Apr. 20, 2013

Commentary

Innovative Programs Provide Career and Technical Education in High Schools

According to a 2012 Pew Research Center analysis of census data, for the first time, a third of American 25- to 29-year-olds have earned at least a bachelor’s degree. That share has been slowly edging up from fewer than one-fifth of young adults in the early 1970s to 33% this year. What happens to the other two-thirds of young adults?...More
Apr. 9, 2013

News

US Treasury Chief Urges Strong EU Countries to Spur Growth

Stressing that the United States had an 'immense stake' in a prosperous Europe, U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said that consumer demand was the driver of economic growth....More
Apr. 9, 2013

Article

IndustryWeek

Innovation: Protecting Your Intellectual Property

Drew Greenblatt can find his products easily on the internet. There are 20 companies in India, he says, that have pictures of his products on their sites for sale....More
Apr. 8, 2013

News

North Korea to Pull Workers from Joint Industrial Zone

The announcement came amid reports of heightened activity at the North's nuclear test site, and at a missile battery, although the South Korean government denied suggestions that a fourth nuclear test was imminent....More
Apr. 5, 2013

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IndustryWeek

FAA Delays Date of Tower Closures 1

The closure of 149 air traffic control towers across the country will be delayed by 2-1/2 months....More
Mar. 21, 2013

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What Does the ‘Age of Unconventional Energy’ Mean?

Citing huge economic advantages to the U.S., ExxonMobil (IW 500/1) Chemical President Steve Pryor laid out his vision for the “new age of unconventional energy.” You might wonder if unconventional refers to windmills or solar panels or fusion reactors. But the green Pryor was referencing was the economic boom coming from shale oil and gas....More
Mar. 16, 2013

News

Obama Renews Call to Develop Technologies that Reduce Fossil-Fuel Dependency

The president is proposing to take some of the oil and gas revenues from public lands and put it toward research on energy-efficient engines, developing cheaper batteries and advancing biofuels and natural gas....More