As part of its plans to meet future demand while substantially reducing manufacturing costs -- aiming to save up to $10mn to $12mn -- the US major Avon Products Inc is set to close its manufacturing operation in Northampton, UK, over the next year. T As...
Procter & Gamble is to close its Clairol manufacturing facilities in Lima, Peru; Maracay, Venezuela and Cramlington, UK, as part of its integration of the brand's global manufacturing operations into its global beauty care business unit. It will Procter & Gamble is to close its...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Sen. Olympia J. Snowe (R- Maine) and Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.), co-chairs of the Senate Task Force on Manufacturing, today urged the Bush Administration to include $106 million in the upcoming Federal budget prWASHINGTON, Jan. 12 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Sen. Olympia J. Snowe (R-...
WASHINGTON -- A Democratic Congress, unwilling or unable to approve a $25 billion bailout for Detroit's Big Three, appears ready to punt the automakers' fate to a lame-duck Republican president. Caught in the middle of a who-blinks-first standoff are legions of manufacturing firms and auto dealers --...
Utah lost about 2,200 jobs during the past year and may lose as many as 19,000 next year, the Department of Workforce Services said Tuesday. The state has been moving toward zero growth in employment for the past year, and the trend is going to continue, said...
GRAIN VALLEY, Mo., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association OOIDA is asking U.S. policymakers to step up and take action in response to new research predicting a dramatic drop in new truck and engine purchases which will ultimately lead to a break down in the trucking...
EVANSTON, Ill., Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Industrial employment in Minnesota dropped 1.7% over the past twelve months according to the 2009 Minnesota Manufacturers Register, a compilation of state industry published annually by Manufacturers' News, Inc. MNI Evanston, IL. MNI (http://www.manufacturersnews.com/) reports Minnesota lost 8,745 industrial jobs from September 2007...
The Canadian Labour Congress says it's time the federal government came through with plans to ensure that job losses in the country's manufacturing and forestry sectors aren't accelerated by the recent worldwide economic slump. Today's Labour Force Survey showed that the most significant source of new employment last month was...
Xerox Corp. announced plans Wednesday to discontinue toner manufacturing operations at its Oklahoma City plant, cutting 100 jobs, more than half of its work force. Two days earlier, national retailer Circuit City said it would close 155 stores, two of which are in the metro area. And...
Orders of durable goods and telecommunications hardware in Utah are down, reflecting the overall national contraction in the economy, according to the monthly Mountain States Business Conditions Index released Monday. The Business Conditions Index for Utah in October slipped to 46.0 from September's 54.2. For the region...
EVANSTON, Ill., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Industrial employment in Kentucky dropped 2.6% over the past twelve months according to the 2009 Kentucky Manufacturers Register, a compilation of state industry published annually by Manufacturers' News, Inc. MNI Evanston, IL. The Register reports Kentucky lost 8,433 industrial jobs from September...
PepsiCo is to ditch its PJ Smoothies brand early next year, The Grocer can exclusively reveal. The move followed a strategic review of the UK business--part of a 1.3bn [pounds sterling] three-year overhaul that's expected to see some 3,300 jobs cut worldwide and the closure of six plants....
New York City lost 2,400 jobs in September, but private sector losses were 4,300 as the public sector added 1,900 jobs, according to analysis from Eastern Consolidated. The only industry that added significant jobs was manufacturing, which gained 1,300 jobs in September. Most of the professional business services...
EVANSTON, Ill., Oct. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Industrial employment in Tennessee dropped 3.3% over the past twelve months according to the 2009 Tennessee Manufacturers Register, a compilation of state industry published annually by Manufacturers' News, Inc. MNI Evanston, IL. The Register reports Tennessee lost 15,110 industrial jobs from September 2007...
EVANSTON, Ill., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Industrial employment in Arkansas dropped 1.4% over the past twelve months according to the 2009 Arkansas Manufacturers Register, a compilation of state industry published annually by Manufacturers' News, Inc. MNI Evanston, IL. The manufacturers guide reports Arkansas lost 3,178 industrial jobs from August...
EVANSTON, Ill., Oct. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Manufacturers' News, Inc. -- Industrial employment in South Carolina dropped 2% over the past twelve months according to the 2009 South Carolina Manufacturers Register, a compilation of state industry published annually by Manufacturers' News, Inc. MNI Evanston, IL. The Register reports South...
New Democrat Leader Jack Layton brought his campaign to become Prime Minister for working families back to Oshawa today, where his party's candidate Mike Shields has an excellent shot at becoming the riding's next Member of Parliament. Joined by former party leader Ed Broadbent, Layton blasted Prime Minister Stephen Harper...
* Huge job losses likely as credit crunch and fuel prices force car makers to the edge The biggest companies in the US car industry, brought to the edge of bankruptcy by the economic turmoil, are considering extraordinary new plans to save themselves, including mergers that...
Byline: HENRYK ZIENTEK ECONOMIC activity among Yorkshire firms fell for the fifth month running during September, a survey showed today. The Purchase Managers' Index, compiled for the Royal Bank of Scotland, showed a slowdown in business for both manufacturing and service sector firms. Companies...
Micron Technology Inc., the largest U.S. producer of memory chips, will cut about 2,850 jobs over the next two years and reduce production, in an industry glut. The cuts represent about 15 percent of its global work force of 19,000. Micron will stop producing memory for digital...
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