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  • July 2008

    • Eyeing US Market, VW Plans Tenn. Plant

      Der Spiegel  |  Jul 16, 08 8:42 AM CDT

      Eyeing US Market, VW Plans Tenn. Plant

      (Newser) - Volkswagen will invest around $1.6 billion to build a factory in the US—20 years after the closure of its last plant, Der Spiegel reports. VW hopes to have the plant, located in Chattanooga, Tenn., running by 2011, and operating at a rate of 150,000 cars per year. The company ambitiously hopes to increase US sales to 800,000 by 2018. More »

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      auto industry  • auto sales  • Volkswagen  • factory

    • Toyota Will Make Prius in US

      Wired  |  Jul 10, 08 5:00 PM CDT

      Toyota Will Make Prius in US

      (Newser) - Toyota plans to start producing its super-popular Prius hybrid in the US, Wired reports. With inventories overwhelmed by demand, the firm will move production lines to a Mississippi plant intended to produce SUVs. The factory won’t make its first Prius until 2010, but with no sign of abating gas prices, Toyota is betting hybrid demand will be even higher then. More »

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      auto industry  • fuel efficiency  • cars  • SUV  • Toyota Prius  • Prius  • Japanese auto industry  • factory

  • June 2008

    • Man May Have Planned Factory Rampage

      Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.)  |  Jun 25, 08 2:59 PM CDT

      Man May Have Planned Factory Rampage

      (Newser) - The man who shot and killed six people at a Kentucky plastics plant today might have planned his rampage in advance, the Louisville Courier-Journal reports. A supervisor had to escort the worker from the premises following an argument with a fellow employee early this morning. The man took a gun from his car, shot the supervisor, and returned to shoot four more, then himself. More »

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      murder  • shooting  • factory  • shooting rampage

    • Oil Price Spike Brings Jobs Back to US

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 13, 08 11:30 AM CDT

      Oil Price Spike Brings Jobs Back to US

      (Newser) - As costs for overseas production and shipping soar, US companies are growing reluctant to outsource manufacturing—and some are even bringing their plants back to America, the Wall Street Journal reports. “In a world of triple-digit oil prices, distance costs money," said an economist. But it’s not just the transport: Raw materials are getting pricier, and workers abroad are calling for more money. More »

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      oil price  • manufacturing  • outsourcing  • job market  • factory  • transport  • jobs

  • March 2008
  • October 2007

    • Dow Flat, Awaiting Jobs Stats

      MarketWatch  |  Oct 4, 07 3:39 PM CDT

      Dow Flat, Awaiting Jobs Stats

      (Newser) - The stock market held steady today, as neither a drop in factory orders nor a rise in unemployment claims rattled investors bracing for tomorrow’s crucial jobs report—which could help spur the Fed’s next interest rate move. The Dow was up 6.26 points to 13,974.31, as financial, telecom and health care rose, while technology and energy fell, MarketWatch reports. The Nasdaq climbed 4.14 to 2,733.57 and the S&P gained 3.25 to 1,542.84. More »

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      S&P 500  • Nasdaq  • recession  • Dow Jones  • unemployment benefits  • factory

  • June 2007

    • Child Slavery Scandal Blows Up in China

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 16, 07 11:39 AM CDT

      Child Slavery Scandal Blows Up in China

      (Newser) - A child labor scandal is rocking rural China as information surfaces on kidnapped children forced to work as slaves in the country's brick factories. In crackdowns this week, nearly 50,000 police in two Chinese provinces have rescued 550 people, including dozens of the thousands of children believed to be enslaved, the Los Angeles Times reports. More »

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      China  • children  • kidnapping  • factory  • slave labor  • child labor

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