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...Arkansas is a case study of the hollowing out of the US manufacturing sector....
...Tetrick wants to feed everyone, from residents of his hometown of Birmingham, Alabama, to undernourished children in Liberia. He says he founded the company to address the global food shortage....
...of much of the US auto industry to Mexico, costing thousands of American manufacturing jobs....
...The location of the United Auto Workers’ union office in Coaling, Alabama, says a lot about the status of organised labour in this part of the country....
...The new holdco housed Chrysler Corp LLC – producer of Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep branded vehicles – and Chrysler Financial....
...“If I had five GM or Ford plants in my state, I would oppose this bail-out,” said Mr Shelby, whose state is home to manufacturing works of Toyota, Honda, Hyundai and Daimler....
...He has continued Alabama’s successful push for foreign investment, with EADS, the European parent company of Airbus, the latest company to plan a manufacturing facility in the state after Mercedes, Honda...
...Most Japanese parts makers continue to report buoyant earnings thanks to their tight cost controls and the success of Toyota, Honda and Nissan vehicles in the market....
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