Stories Tagged "industry"
Survey shows China manufacturing at 4-month low
posted on March 1, 2013 at 4:33 PM
A survey shows China's manufacturing activity this month has declined to a four-month low in a reminder of possible threats to its shaky economic recovery.
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Fewer Cattle Close Feedlots, Meatpackers
posted on March 1, 2013 at 4:33 PM
Years of drought are reshaping the beef industry as feedlots and a major meatpacking plant close because there are too few cattle left to supply them.
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Fewer U.S. Banks Failing as Industry Strengthens
posted on December 28, 2012 at 11:22 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. banks are ending the year with their best profits since 2006 and fewer failures than at any time since the financial crisis struck in 2008. They're helping support an economy slowed by high unemployment, flat pay, sluggish...
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President Obama Makes Election Year Plea For Wind Industry
posted on May 25, 2012 at 5:04 PM
Midwest companies expect job cuts in next 6 months
posted on December 2, 2011 at 3:56 PM
Job growth has slowed significantly in nine Midwest and Plains states, and many companies in the region expect further job cuts in the coming six months, according to a monthly survey of business managers released Thursday.
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US trade deficit widens in June to $53.1 billion
posted on August 12, 2011 at 4:35 PM
American producers sold fewer industrial engines, electric generators and farm products to the rest of the world in June, pushing the trade deficit to the highest level since 2008 and dealing another blow to an already struggling economy.
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Market to Market (July 29, 2011)
posted on July 29, 2011 at 7:21 PM
Lawmaker Proposes Plan for Federal Dairy Policy
posted on July 22, 2011 at 6:32 PM
Ethanol's Congressional Turning Point
posted on June 24, 2011 at 6:33 PM
Ethanol Under Attack in Congress
posted on June 17, 2011 at 8:15 PM
House Votes to Block Payments to Brazil
posted on June 17, 2011 at 3:06 PM
The House voted Thursday to block a $147 million annual payment to Brazil's cotton industry, renewing a decade-old trade dispute with the country.
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Measures to Stop Livestock Taping Stall in States
posted on June 17, 2011 at 3:06 PM
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Efforts to outlaw the undercover recording of animal abuse in livestock operations appear to have stalled in Iowa and other states in the face of complaints that the proposals were intended primarily to protect the...
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New England looks to expand local beef industry
posted on June 3, 2011 at 3:06 PM
HARTFORD, Conn (AP) - With few slaughterhouses in New England equipped to process beef on a large scale, Paul Miller ships cattle from his dairy farm in eastern Connecticut about 300 miles to a meatpacker in Pennsylvania.
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Flooding on Mississippi River Threatens Catfish Industry
posted on May 13, 2011 at 3:05 PM
YAZOO CITY, Miss (AP) — Catfish farming in Mississippi faces grave danger from flooding.
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Market to Market (April 8, 2011)
posted on April 8, 2011 at 7:04 PM
