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Manufacturing a Better Future for America
In Manufacturing a Better Future for America, published by the Alliance for American Manufacturing, a number of experts make a compelling case for the importance of maintaining manufacturing operations in the United States, explaining how manufacturing jobs have a much more positive impact on the U.S. economy than the same number of service jobs.
Wave of Debt Payments Facing U.S. Government
According to this New York Times article, the United States government is financing its more than trillion-dollar-a-year borrowing with i.o.u.’s on terms that seem too good to be true. You know what they say if something seems too good to be true.
European Commission Admonishes Overspenders
Maybe some governments are coming to their senses. The European Commission has admonished 20 countries for superseding deficit limits of 3% of GDP.
How To Build a Billion Dollar Company from Scratch Released this Week
Harry E. Figgie Jr.’s latest book, How to Build a Billion Dollar Company from Scratch: An Entrepreneurial Handbook, was released this week. In it, Mr. Figgie describes how he built Figgie International into a $1.3 billion diversified corporation. He did it by purchasing struggling companies in certain targeted industries and building them through cost reduction and internal growth.