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NEWS ABOUT: production

production stories: 10 news summaries

Chrysler Halts Production to Lower Inventory

Automaker also appears in court to lay out bankruptcy plan

May 1, 09 3:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chrysler idled its plants today for 30 to 60 days to reduce inventory as the company’s lawyers appeared in a New York bankruptcy court, the Washington Post reports. The attorneys outlined a plan to emerge from bankruptcy within 2 months. “We are quite mindful of the view... More »

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Chrysler • New York City • layoffs • bankruptcy • Big Three • production • plant • Obama administration • U.S. Bankruptcy Court • auto bailout

 Dreamliner's Latest 
 Estimated Takeoff: June 

Troubled aircraft finally reaching last test stages

Apr 23, 09 11:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - After years of delays, Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner may finally be finished. After a full on-the-ground simulation, one will leave the factory this week to take a place on the runway for a real test flight in June, the Seattle Times reports. Boeing lost 32 jet orders due to delays... More »

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Boeing • Boeing 787 Dreamliner • airline • delay • production

(Newser) - The crew of Liam Neeson’s latest film is “bereft” over the death of his wife but will continue shooting, Entertainment Tonight reports. Chloe will focus on scenes that don’t need Neeson, who is mourning wife Natasha Richardson. “There are some scenes with Liam Neeson which have... More »

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accidental death • production • actor • movies • Liam Neeson • Natasha Richardson

Fans Make Racket Over Too-Loud Music 

Arms-race mastering is losing musical detail, listeners and engineers complain

Sep 25, 08 4:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Some fans have a surprising problem with Death Magnetic, the new Metallica album, the Wall Street Journal reports: It’s too loud. Since the advent of the compact disc, musicians have pushed mastering engineers to make albums as loud as possible. As a result, a new CD like Death Magnetic... More »

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music • sound • engineers • Metallica • heavy metal • production • Death Magnetic

 Oil Costs Crimp
 Globalization

Biz 'goes local' to save transportation costs

Aug 3, 08 5:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - The soaring cost of oil is taking a toll on globalization, pushing companies to save on transportation by producing materials closer to home, the New York Times reports. The search for cheap production had been key for many firms—but now oil prices, as well as stricter import rules and... More »

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oil • globalization • manufacturing • production • oil prices

OPINION

 Forget the Rebound; 'This Thing's Going Down'

We can't expect a quick recovery from the economic downturn

Jun 27, 08 8:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - A cycle has emerged in the economic mood of recent months: a round of bad news sends markets into a tailspin, then things appear to improve, complete with predictions that the worst is behind us, only to fall apart again, writes Steven Pearlstein in the Washington Post. It’s... More »

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recession • consumption • US dollar • real estate values • production • economy

 Italian Churches Ban
 Da Vinci Code Prequel 

Howard, Hanks shut out of would-be shooting locations

Jun 16, 08 5:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - The diocese of Rome is branching out into film criticism and banning a DaVinci Code prequel from shooting in two of the city's churches because the first movie was “harmful to religious feeling,” the ANSA news agency reports. Like the original, Angels & Demons is directed by Ron... More »

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film • church • Catholicism • Da Vinci Code • production • Dan Brown • Ron Howard

 Ugly Betty Moving to Big Apple 

Series moves to take advantage of new tax credit

May 12, 08 5:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ugly Betty, long set in New York, will now be shot there too, ABC News reports. The series is moving production to the Big Apple because of the financial incentives of a new state film tax credit. The expanded tax, announced last month by Gov. David Paterson, raises the percentage... More »

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television • New York • Ugly Betty • production • TV industry • tax credit • David Paterson

Struggling Stage Workers Demand End to Writers' Strike

Support crews lose jobs as productions close

Dec 10, 07 3:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Rank-and-file production workers marched through downtown Hollywood yesterday calling on the Writers Guild of America and the producers association to end the five-week strike. The group focused attention on the plights of those put out of work by the strike. Set decorators, hair and make-up artists, prop specialists and hundreds... More »

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Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike • production • Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers • International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees • below the line workers

NEW RELEASE

Ghostface Scores With Rehab

Wu-Tang hater brings the solo heat

Dec 6, 07 8:42 PM CST
(Newser) - Wu-Tang Clansman Ghostface Killah continues to spread sizable solo wings on his new LP, The Big Doe Rehab, which “finds him at his emotive best,” says AllHipHop’s Alvin Blanco in giving the record 8.5 of 10 stars. It has Ghost’s same practiced “world of... More »

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Wu Tang Clan • Ghostface Killah • lyrics • production • Fishscale • The Big Doe Rehab

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