Manufacturing

Tough times ahead for the first dame of the LSE, Clara Furse

timesonline.co.uk     4 hrs ago          

It was all going so well for Clara Furse, chief executive of the London Stock Exchange. She had seen off four potential bidders, seen the share price of her company touch 2,000p on New Year’s Eve - some 800p above the...                    

Fears over industry slowdown as output is squeezed

dailymail.co.uk     6 hrs ago          

Fears that Britain is sliding into recession are likely to be heightened this week with another set of poor industrial production figures. Tuesday’s publication of the July index of industrial production is expected to...                    

Boeing machinists walk off the job as talks fail (Reuters)

yahoo.com     5 hrs ago   332 related          

By Bill Rigby and Daisuke Wakabayashi 1 hour, 7 minutes ago NEW YORK/EVERETT, Washington (Reuters) - The walkout means there will be no further production of Boeing's 737, 747, 767 and 777 planes, and that its already...                    

Ford Motor to lay off 600 Chicago workers

upi.com     11 hrs ago   6 related          

cuts costs at its Chicago assembly plant amid U.S. sales declines, the automaker says. An unspecified number of hourly and salaried employees also will lose their jobs, the Dearborn, Mich., company said. It is likely cuts...                    

Microsoft Launches Major Windows Consumer Initiative

451press.com     9 hrs ago   4 related          

“This is the Conquistador,” explains Jerry Seinfeld, showing a befuddled Bill Gates a brown loafer. “They run very tight.” After seeing the new ad from Microsoft, which debuted today, some may wonder what Jerry Seinfeld...                    

'Fruitful' talks but no deal to save India's cheap-car plant

yahoo.com     9 hrs ago   4 related          

Sunday September 7, 2008, 1:53 am to end violent protests over a factory in eastern India to manufacture the world's cheapest car ended Saturday with no breakthrough. But West Bengal's opposition Trinamool Congress party,...                    

Steel: Creating backward linkages

thehindubusinessline.com     4 hrs ago          

Galloping iron ore and coal prices have posed a potent threat to the margins of steel producers, especially with pressures mounting on them to hold their domestic price line. On an average, the proportion of raw material...                    

Everest Kanto Cylinders: Buy

thehindubusinessline.com     4 hrs ago          

Fresh investments can be considered in the stock of Everest Kanto Cylinders, a leading manufacturer of high-pressure CNG (compressed natural gas) and industrial cylinders. At the current market price of Rs 288, the stock...                    

Hope floats on KG basin gas

business-standard.com     3 hrs ago          

Rakteem Katakey & Kalpana Pathak / New Delhi/mumbai September 7, 2008, 4:52 IST Fertiliser, power plants plan expansion in anticipation Three companies with a combined investment of Rs 1,26,000 crore ($30 billion) are...                    

NSG Waiver: India Inc reacts

moneycontrol.com     11 hrs ago   323 related          

The 45nation Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) has approved a US plan to engage in nuclear trade with India. Following the green signal by the NSG that will cement the IndoUS Civil Nuclear Deal, India has finally come out...                    

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