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Stoughton's Nelson Global Products grows through acquisitions
The Wisconsin State JournalDon't talk to Nelson Global Products CEO Tom Gosnell about the historic decline in manufacturing in Wisconsin and across the U.S. It's not that he doesn't believe it, of course. U.S. manufacturing has comprised a shrinking share of employment and...Tags: Plant Openings, Navistar International Corporation, Mining, Economy, Business and Finance, Job Layoffs
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TV Picks: 'North America,' 'Ghost Army,' 'Mad Men,' Mel Brooks
Los Angeles Times Television Critic"North America" (Discovery Channel, Sunday). The latest blockbuster nature documentary to justify your purchase of an HDTV (see also "Planet Earth," "Life," "Frozen Planet," "Africa") is the seven-part "North America." There are some hectoring musical...Tags: Mel Brooks, January Jones, Linda Cardellini, AMC (tv network), Dwayne Johnson
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Official: Toyota begins shipping Le Yaris to America
Autoblog.comFiled under: Budget, Europe, Plants/Manufacturing, Hatchback, Toyota Our tiniest Toyota (Scion iQ notwithstanding) is about to get a little French flair. The Japanese automaker announced Thursday that its Toyota Motor Manufacturing France facility would... -
OPINION: Not a Caribbean Man?
Caribbean News Now, Grand Cayman, Cayman IslandsTension is developing toward the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) from some quarters in Jamaica. This was exemplified by a column in the Jamaica Gleaner newspaper written by an immigration attorney, Mr Ronald Mason. I believe it is fair...Tags: Jamaica, Caribbean Islands, Nobel Prize Awards, Entertainment Events, Marketing
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Toyota starts exports of French-built Yaris cars to North America
ReutersPARIS (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp has begun exporting French-made Yaris compact cars to customers in North America for the first time this month. Toyota said it planned to export around 25,000 gasoline versions of the Yaris built at the northern French...Tags: Honda Motor Co., France, Nissan Motor Co., Mazda, Mazda Motor Corporation
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Hampton historic cemetery draws mayor's eye
HAMPTON — A cemetery carrying the namesake of North America's oldest black family has languished for years under iffy ownership and infrequent maintenance. That two-acre plot may have found a friend in Mayor Molly Joseph Ward, who hopes to form...
Tags: Tour Operations Industry, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Human Interest, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Fort Monroe
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Deere lowers full-year sales outlook
Deere & Co. on Wednesday said its second-quarter profit rose slightly, beating analysts' expectations, but it warned that global financial pressures and the cool, wet weather in North America could affect sales the rest of the year. Moline, Ill.-based...
Tags: JPMorgan Chase & Co., Earnings Forecasts, Corporate Performance, Economy, Business and Finance, Weather
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Deutsche Bank names head of Americas asset and wealth
Reuters(Reuters) - Deutsche Bank AG said on Wednesday it has named Jerry Miller to run the German bank's asset and wealth management business in the Americas. Miller, a Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch veteran, will be based in New York and report to Michele...Tags: Bank of America Corp., Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Banking, Deutsche Bank AG
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Honda to build $70 million plant
The Dayton Daily NewsHonda, which employs 2,700 people from the Dayton-Springfield area, will invest $70 million in Ohio and transfer 100 current employees to build a new high-end sports car in Marysville. The company hosted media and government officials Tuesday in what...Tags: Plant Openings, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Economy, Business and Finance, Employees, Honda
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North American retailers devising own Bangladesh plans
Reuters(Reuters) - North American retailers on Tuesday discussed forging their own Bangladesh safety agreement, an alternative to a legally binding accord that many European retailers have signed on to, though details of any alternative accord were still...Tags: Sears Holdings Corp., Walmart, Loblaw Companies Limited, Consumer Goods Industries, American Apparel
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Seattle's 'Mr. Sundial' takes his passion to next level: garage ceiling
Seattle TimesLots of people convert their garages into home offices. But only Woody Sullivan painstakingly plotted 700 dots of sunlight on his garage ceiling at his Phinney Ridge home. The dots were the reflections from a 1-inch mirror, attached to a 6-inch pipe...Tags: Glastonbury, George Washington, University of Washington, Customs and Tradition, Arts and Culture
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Discovery premieres first independently produced landmark natural history series, “North America”
Channel Guide Magazine“We called [North America] the most extreme continent, and we always talked about it being an extreme continent, and every single month there was something else to remind us of why that was true.” — Huw Cordey, North America series...
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