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Factory Jobs Moving Overseas—From China to US

Kevin Spak — Tue, 22 May 2012 15:59:05 CDT

Manufacturing jobs are on the move, and this time, they're headed to the US. More and more companies are "reshoring" parts of their operations, bringing a steady trickle of jobs from Chinese plants to American ones, the Wall Street Journal reports. With the dollar dropping, and Asian wages and shipping...

Obama to Congress: Here's Your 'To-Do List'

Kevin Spak — Tue, 08 May 2012 10:34:11 CDT

Because Congress loves being bossed around like nothing else, President Obama will today unveil a "to-do list" of priorities, which have historically had bipartisan support, and which he says will "help restore middle class security." "At this make-or-break moment for the middle class, we need to create an economy built...

Cash-Strapped Detroit Outsources Autopsies

Kevin Spak — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:30:05 CDT

With bodies piling up and funding disappearing, Detroit has decided to save some money by outsourcing its morgue operations to the University of Michigan, Bloomberg reports. Detroit’s morgue is unusually busy, with five pathologists performing autopsies on 2,400 corpses a year. Earlier this year, it had 185 bodies stacked...

Firms Keep Number of Outsourced Jobs Hidden

Matt Cantor — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:00:05 CDT

Major US corporations often don’t reveal the percentage of their workforce that’s overseas—even as some of these firms, including Apple and Pfizer, seek tax breaks that they say would allow them to create more jobs at home, the Washington Post reports. While they’re required by law to present such...

How Call Centers 'De-Indianize' Workers

Sarah Whitmire — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:50:00 CDT

A salary of $5,000 per year may not sound like a lot, but in India, where per-capita income is just $900 per year, such a wage is highly desirable. That's why the systematic outsourcing of many customer service and sales lines to India, where US companies are more than...

Goldman Axing US Staff, Hiring in Singapore

Rob Quinn — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 07:00:00 CDT

Goldman Sachs is planning a major hiring spree in Singapore, even as it prepares to slash its headcount in the US to cut costs. The financial giant is so worried about criticism over the job shift that it has taken the unusual step of notifying lawmakers about its hiring plans,...

'Made In America' Store Makes Buying Patriotic

Sarah Whitmire — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 17:31:28 CDT

Outsourcing is a cruel mistress—but for Mark Andol, it also provided a business idea that looks to be taking off. Andol owns the Made in America store in a small New York town on the way to Niagara Falls, and as its name suggests, all 3,000 products are...

Multinationals Cut 2.9M US Jobs, Hired 2.4M Abroad

Kevin Spak — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 07:36:45 CDT

The US Commerce Department released a report today throwing into sharp relief just how drastically US multinational corporations are shifting jobs overseas. During the 2000s, US companies cut 2.9 million jobs in the US, while hiring 2.4 million abroad—including an increasing number of highly-skilled workers, the Wall...

Our Innovative Green Lightbulbs Are Made in China

Kevin Spak — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:38:00 CDT

The Obama administration often argues that promoting green technologies will create new American jobs, but tell that to the 200 guys still working at GE’s last major incandescent light bulb factory in Virginia. The factory is closing this month, thanks to a 2007 law essentially outlawing the old-fashioned bulbs. The...