China
Manufacturing in Thailand – the “Detroit of the East”
Emily Halgrimson, Today’s Machining World’s Managing Editor, was invited to join 11 other journalists from the U.S. and Canada (six in the automotive sector and six in the food industry sector) by [...]
Why is my business so good if the economy is so bad?
I attended the Precision Machined Products Association’s annual meeting in Austin over the weekend. The question I heard often was, “Why is my business so good if the economy is [...]
Is China the Next Enron
By Lloyd Graff Jim Chanos is famous for identifying the Enron scam, shorting the company’s stock and making a fortune. He runs a hedge fund named Kynikos Associates, which means [...]
The Mineral Race
By Lloyd Graff Over the last few years Chinese and Russian firms closely tied to their governments have bought up scarce mining and mineral resources. The Chinese have indicated that [...]
Need more info on Delphi's Sale to China
By Lloyd Graff Just saw on the Internet that Delphi is selling its brakes and suspension businesses to two Chinese companies and the Chinese government. Sale is set to close [...]
Will China keep investing here?
By September 2008, China had owned 585 billion U.S. dollars in U.S. government bonds, becoming the largest creditor of the world’s largest economy, according to the latest statistics from China’s [...]
An Olympics of Competing Machines
Dartmouth economics professor Andrew Bernard has come up with a mathematical system to predict the medal standings of the Olympics. He has tested his formula on the Olympic games dating [...]
GM Attempts to Bridge Two Car Cultures
As GM’s car sales steadily decline in the U.S., its Buick brand has become one of the most coveted China. Buick recently debuted its new Invicta show car, the expected [...]
Free Trade Flip-Flopping
In the following video video TheStreet.com’s political analyst John Fout points out free trade issues which he believes both presidential candidates have flip-flopped on. He says that in the democratic [...]
Containers Bring Manufacturing Home
World trade is like a chameleon, constantly changing colors to survive and flourish. This is why I tend to disregard the Lou Dobbsians who are constantly searching for bad guys [...]