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Indian Companies Want Assistance With Manufacturing Growth
In order to hit the desired national goal of 12% manufacturing growth from the present 9% growth, Indian companies on July 5 asked for fiscal concessions, procedural modifications and financial assistance according to a July 6 report on indiantimes.com. Read more

Kaiser Aluminum Bankruptcy Ends, At Last
Kaiser Aluminum Corp.'s long detour into Chapter 11 bankruptcy ended yesterday, as the company's second reorganization plan went into effect. New shares of common stock listed on Nasdaq under the KALU symbol begin trading today. Read more

U.S. Catastrophic Planning Still Needs Help
A two-phase review from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shows preparation for standard disasters, there is work to be done for catastrophic events. Read more

Trumpf Plans Connecticut Expansion
Trumpf Inc., the North American subsidiary of Germany-based TRUMPF GmbH +Co. KG, plans to invest close to $20 million in a new 64,000-square-foot manufacturing facility at its Farmington, Conn. Industrial park campus. Read more

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Readers Discuss -- The Truth About The H-1b Guestworker Visa
"Thank you for posting the real truth about the H1b visa. I live in the nightmare and have been outsourced and displaced many times now. This is all about corporations getting cheap labor at any cost!"
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Mike Evans' Economic Outlook -- Peace, Prosperity, And Elections
"The world, and the U.S. electoral landscape, really has changed. The fact that the U.S. is in an unpopular war and the economy is stuttering with declining real wages for the working class may not carry the clout it once did."
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Readers Repond To John Brandt On Leadership -- Cell Phone Blasts From The Past
"We've managed to live and conduct commerce for thousands of years and yet the last 30 years we've tried to convince ourselves that we have to be connected to every available electronic leash at all times."
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Mike Evans' Financial Market Outlook -- About That ADP Employment Survey
"Many years ago -- the exact date escapes me, but it was in the mid-1980s -- I visited ADP and suggested, in the course of the conversation, that we develop an alternative measure to the BLS employment survey using their data. All of a sudden the conversation ground to an embarrassing halt, as if I had barfed -- or worse -- on the conference room carpet. Now I will admit this may not have been the world's best idea, but I didn't think it was THAT bad."
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