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COVENTRY, U.K. - Photographs of President Barack Obama run on a constant loop in the foyer of a factory here, roughly 100 miles northwest of London.
New orders to U.S. factories fell in August by the largest amount in five months, as American manufacturers struggle to emerge from the recession.
The new Italian leader of Chrysler Group LLC says he is not alarmed by the automaker's market share decline and he expects to improve the company's U.S. share from this point forward.
Chinese prosecutors have indicted 11 people in a factory brawl that led days later to deadly rioting in the Muslim far west.
The Oneida Indian Nation has bought a cigarette manufacturing plant in western New York and plans to make its own cigarettes.
Three decades ago, the Yasnogorsk Machine-Building Factory stamped out thousands of pounds of steel and iron into parts for wagons, pumps and locomotives for Russia's mining industry.
“Office Space” director Mike Judge collects hilarious scenes that never add up to an actual coherent movie.
Investigators say chemicals in a heating oven sparked a fire and explosions that destroyed part of a Detroit factory complex.
Pepsi bottling company PepsiAmericas is investing $150 million (euro105 million) to build Europe's largest bottling factory in Romania, officials said Monday.
A severe downturn in the RV industry has forced hundreds of Amish people out of factory jobs, causing pain but also allowing some to take a step back to simplicity and community.
General Motors Co. chief Fritz Henderson says a new $43 million plant in Michigan will assemble battery packs for the company's upcoming rechargeable electric car, as the automaker continues relying on suppliers for key elements of the batteries.
Workers in central France have eased off a threat to blow up their auto parts factory unless they receive an extra euro30,000 ($42,270) each, removing gas canisters that surrounded the plant.
Officials say an explosion at a Chicago biodiesel manufacturing plant that injured two workers was caused by a chemical reaction.
General Motors Corp. will assemble battery packs for its new rechargeable electric car at a facility south of Detroit, creating about 100 jobs, two people briefed on the plans said Friday.
Carmaker Renault SA on Thursday rejected pleas for handouts by laid-off workers at a French auto parts supplier, offering a compromise that employees said wasn't enough to defuse their threat to blow up their factory.
Laid-off auto-parts workers huddled Thursday around gas canisters tied to an electrical cable, threatening to blow up a factory in the latest example of extreme French resistance to cost-cutting in the economic downturn.
A French official has dismissed a threat by laid-off workers to blow up their factory in western France, saying the gas canisters they placed in front of the automobile parts company are empty.
A fire tore through a firecracker factory in southern India, killing at least 16 people and injuring an additional 25, news reports said Wednesday.
Orders to U.S. factories jumped in May by the largest amount in nearly a year, another sign that the nosedive in manufacturing is nearing an end.
Ethnic tensions between workers at a toy factory in southern China sparked a brawl that left two dead and 118 injured, state media and a government spokesman said Saturday.
Doctors in eastern China were trying Monday to save the life of a 2-year-old boy who was seriously injured in a weekend factory explosion that killed 16 people, state media reported.
A Michigan congressman says General Motors Corp. could decide as early as this week where it will build a new line of small cars.
Chrysler LLC says it has restarted a small factory that makes the Viper sports car.
The AP Economic Stress Index uses unemployment, bankruptcy and foreclosure rates from each U.S. county to calculate the recession's impact on a scale of 1 to 100, with 100 being the worst-case scenario. Here are counties larger than 25,000 residents with the biggest spike in the AP Economic Stress score from April 2008 to April 2009, indicating worsening economic health; the point-change in score; and the actual score in April:
Tim Holt was among the men and women who wove fabric and prosperity here for generations, until the textile factories left town in a global manufacturing shift that the rest of the country hardly seemed to notice.
Ford Announces Multi-Bllion Dollar Investment in BrazilFord, an American automotive giant, has announced its intent to invest $2.3 billion in Brazil for the purpose of building a new factory.
Avoiding Factory Farm Foods: An Eater's GuideMost people share at least the following traits: they want to be healthy; they like animals; and they value clean air and water. Yet relatively few Americans connect those concerns with their food.
10,000 Apply for 90 Factory Jobs in Louisville"About 10,000 people applied over three days for 90 jobs."
Knickers and other unmentionables: (un)diplomatic US view of royal toursAmbassadors' indiscreet reports to Washington reveal the lighter side to royals' 'pomp-filled' state visits
Factory Worker Dies After Falling Into ChocolateA 22-year-old factory worker died Wednesday after he fell into a vat of boiling chocolate at a manufacturing plant in New Jersey, police said.
Fun Factory Pumps Out the DildosDildos, like cars and chocolate bars, are produced on assembly lines, and the operatives who busy themselves molding, massaging, and cleaning them are not the sweaty-palmed phallophiles you might think they are.
Soldier, who spent five years as slave, arrested for desertion A solider, who returned home from slavery, was arrested in Russia's Lipetsk region. The young man was listed as missing in the republic of Dagestan for five years. It turned out that the commanders of military unit No.
Woman sentenced after leopard skin/beer bottle mix-upA woman found herself in court for illegally importing leopard skins from Africa - after a shipping error sent her items to a Dutch brewery, while she received a shipment of bottle caps meant for the factory.
How many children say, "I want to be a blacksmith.", when I grow up? Furthermore could I go out and find a job as a blacksmith? The answers are, not many and no, respectively.
Robot attacked Swedish factory workerA Swedish company has been fined 25,000 kronor ($3,000) after a malfunctioning robot attacked and almost killed one of its workers at a factory north of Stockholm.
Robot attacked Swedish factory workerA Swedish company has been fined 25,000 kronor ($3,000) after a malfunctioning robot attacked and almost killed one of its workers at a factory north of Stockholm.
Leftover Dye Leaves Homeowners Feeling BlueIt's been years since the Ludlow Dye factory was working to produce colors for blue jeans, but nearby residents said they're being reminded of the plant every day
Archway cookies return to stores with ceremony at Hawkins MarketThe familiar red packages of Archway cookies once again are on the shelves of local grocery store Hawkins Market.
Ohio town pays homage to reopened Archway cookiesInstead of just throwing a box of chocolate chip or oatmeal baked goods into their shopping carts, those lucky enough to pop into the Ashland, Ohio, store Thursday morning were treated to a special ceremony in honor of the brand, which was purchased out of bankruptcy in December. …
Thousands of Opel Workers Demonstrate against GMEXCERPT: Some 60,000 employees of GM subsidiaries in Europe laid down their tools on Thursday to take part in protests aimed at saving their jobs. Huge losses in Detroit threaten to doom the German carmaker Opel, and the workers want a divorce from the parent company.
12 fantastic photos of factories in JapanLately, I'm having a "factory fetish", (or "kōjō moe" as they say in Japanese) after browsing through some fascinating pictures of factories in flickr, especially those of sielbleu, hanazuc, totoon and beef.200%.
New super express trains bring jobs boostA new train manufacturing factory is to be built in the UK as part of a £7.5bn contract awarded by the Government today which will create or safeguard 12,500 jobs.
Letters to the President: Rebuild the manufacturing sector - Grand Rapids News - The Latest News, Blogs, Photos & Videos – MLive.com#more#more#moreLETTERS TO THE PRESIDENT • Tell President-elect Barack Obama about change you want. E-mail your 150-word letter (with your address and phone number to verify) to localnews@grpress.com. Select letters will appear in The Press and on mlive.com.
Doctors try to save worker's arm - Man's Arm Gets Stuck In Pasta MachineExcerpt: Doctors performed surgery on an employee at Turri's Italian Foods after his arm was trapped up to the shoulder in a machine used to knead dough.
Lessons From the Chicago Sit-InMore information usually makes markets work more efficiently. If employees are notified that they will lose their job in the future, they can start searching and preparing for a new job sooner.
Even Workers Surprised by Success of Factory Sit-InThe word came just after lunch on Dec. 2 in the cafeteria of Republic Windows and Doors. A company official told assembled workers that their plant on this city's North Side, which had operated for more than four decades, would be closed in just three days.
G.M. and Chrysler Explore Merger - NYTimes.comGeneral Motors Co. and Chrysler (aka Cerberus Capital Mgmt.) have been in merger talks for at least a month, quietly discussing options to stave-off disaster for both of the venerable-yet-faltering American auto manufacturers.
Stocks Decline on Unemployment and Factory Reports Stocks tumbled and credit markets remained tight Thursday after an unexpected rise in unemployment claims and a drop in factory orders underscored the troubles facing the economy even if lawmakers are able to pass a financial rescue aimed at resuscitating the ailing credit market …
Woman, 59, turned Cotswold cottage into cannabis factory A 59-year-old woman turned her Cotswold cottage into a sophisticated cannabis factory after losing her job with Dyson, the vacuum cleaner manufacturer.
Muslims Battle Factory Over Prayer,100 to 150 lose their jobs cause they wanted to PrayThe conflict in Greeley began Sept.
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