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...Martin Sandbu writes that wealthy Americans need not fear Bernie Sanders’ love of Nordic socialism....
...Arkansas is a case study of the hollowing out of the US manufacturing sector....
...Schwarzman (Forum Chairman), Chairman, CEO, and Co-Founder of Blackstone Paul Atkins, CEO, Patomak Global Partners, LLC, Former Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission Mary Barra, Chairman...
...Upward revisions followed good August results in the three main purchasing manager surveys — for the services, manufacturing and construction sectors....
...The need for action was highlighted by data on Tuesday showing that China’s manufacturing sector activity continued to shrink, with the official purchasing managers’ index falling to 49 in February from...
...Other industries, such as manufacturing, retail or home security, have been earlier adopters of IoT technology....
...They added that export orders in a recent manufacturing survey pointed to a continued recovery in export volumes....
...Combined with a weak reading on the manufacturing sector earlier this week, the composite PMI slid into contractionary territory, dropping to 49.4 last month from 50.5 in November....
...Through a mix of anecdote and data, he shows how the loss of well-paid manufacturing jobs has wrought social havoc....
...Central Saint Martins and the Royal College of Art in particular are in huge demand....
...Martin Prozesky at Bernstein Research warned that expectations for SKF were too high and growth could disappoint....
...(Financial Times) China’s manufacturing growth slows further: China’s official PMI fell to 50.6 in April from 50.9 in March....
...(Bloomberg) China’s non-manufacturing industries expanded at the weakest pace since at least March 2011. The services PMI fell to 53.7 from 56.3 in August....
...It employs 1,000 people at seven manufacturing sites and 13 service and distribution centres. For Permira, it would be the third deal of the year....
...Fund managers are also looking at other approaches to reduce cost bases such as trimming or integrating sales and client services and checking whether there are overlaps in product range and manufacturing...
...Warburg Pincus, the US-based private equity firm, said on Wednesday it would acquire Safetykleen Europe in a deal valuing the auto and manufacturing component cleaning group at £565m....
...Monaco has more jobs in manufacturing than in finance. The Isle of Man has a foothold in the space industry and a lively manufacturing sector. Bermuda wants to break into the gambling business....
...AWE is jointly owned by the government, through its stake in British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL), Serco, the British support services group, and Lockheed Martin, the US defence group....
...Westinghouse, BNFL’s nuclear reactor manufacturing arm, was sold last year to Toshiba of Japan for $5.4bn (£2.6bn) and EnergySolutions of the US last month paid £72m for the contract to run and decommission...
...Jean-Martin Folz, Peugeot’s chief executive, blamed falling European demand for small cars and high costs at Ryton....
...However, Rexam is one of the top five consumer packaging groups globally and the world’s leading beverage can manufacturer with over 90 manufacturing plants in over 24 countries in the US, Europe and Asia...
...Most North American and European parts makers are moving, to a greater or lesser extent, to “lean manufacturing” techniques, such as just-in-time production and team-based organisations, which have given...
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