Manufacturing

Big 3 Automakers Beg For $25B Lifeline

Automakers Look To Congress For $25 Billion Rescue Package; White House Skeptical (CBS/AP) Detroit's Big Three auto makers are begging Congress for a $25 billion government rescue, while the legislation clings to life support...

FM asks India Inc to cut prices

A few months after having asked the cement and steel industry to hold prices, the government today said car and two-wheeler makers, airlines, hotels and real estate developers must cut prices in order

Merrimac Announces Conference Call Information for Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results

WEST CALDWELL, N.J., Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Merrimac Industries, Inc. , a leader in the design and manufacture of RF Microwave components, assemblies and micro-multifunction modules (MMFM(R)), today released its...

Honda plant aims to thrive amid U.S. woes

GREENSBURG, Ind. (Kyodo) The rest of the country may be debating the possible bankruptcy of America's iconic automakers, but in southeast Indiana more than 1,000 U.S. workers were cheering Monday at the opening of Honda's...

COLUMN: Don’t bail out the auto industry

You’d be hard pressed to find someone who supported the $700 billion bailout of Wall Street. Most folks were up in arms over how taxpayer money — our money — was used to reward Wall Street’s excesses and bad behavior.

ARC Wireless Solutions, Inc. Announces Director and Officer Changes

WHEAT RIDGE, CO, November 18 / MARKET WIRE/ -- ARC Wireless Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARCW) (the "Company") announced today that the Company has elected Jason Young, a director of the Company, to serve as the Company's interim...

Oil rises on OPEC cut talk, wider market gains

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Tuesday as part of a wider market rally and as OPEC mulled cutting oil production again to stem a slide that has sent prices to 22-month lows. U.S. stocks rose as computer maker...

Nation's biggest solar plant closes

IN A body blow for Australia's solar industry, the nation's biggest solar-panel factory will close early next year, taking 200 skilled jobs with it, equal to one-eighth of the total Australian solar workforce.

Lonmin's profit up 45 per cent, but cuts to come for platinum producer

LONDON - Lonmin PLC, the world's third largest platinum producer, said Tuesday it plans to cut output and jobs and halve its exploration expenditure to ride out a downturn in the market even as annual...

Group Names '10 Worst Toys' For Holidays

Consumer Safety Group Highlights Potentially-Dangerous Toys UPDATED: 1:07 pm EST November 18, 2008 BOSTON -- Below is the details of each of the 10 toys on the list, what W.A.T.C.H. sees as their potential hazards and what the...