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07/13/11

Toyota retakes pole position in vendor relations study

Supply Management

Natural disasters, political unrest and poor harvests have all contributed to global price volatility and rising inflation. How are purchasers dealing with the challenge?

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07/13/11

Number of the Week: Manufacturing Still Plays Big Role in U.S.

The Wall Street Journal

By most yardsticks, the days when manufacturing played a central role in the U.S. economy are a thing of the past. Fewer than one in ten workers hold factory jobs now, down from nearly one in three half a century ago.

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07/13/11

Best Currency Forecasters Say Dollar Slump Coming to an End as Index Falls

Bloomberg

The best currency forecasters say the dollar’s 12 percent slide over the past year is coming to an end as Europe’s deepening debt crisis discourages bets against the world’s reserve currency.

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07/13/11

Alcoa Profit May Double on Aluminum Demand

Bloomberg

Alcoa Inc. (AA), the largest U.S. aluminum producer, may say second-quarter profit more than doubled as customers from General Motors Co. (GM) to Airbus SAS helped drive demand for the lightweight metal.

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07/11/11

China Boosts Lead in Global Exports

The Wall Street Journal

More than a year after China started letting its currency climb against the dollar, the nation is a bigger force in exports than ever, adding to its dominance as a trading power and complicating efforts by other nations to wrest away manufacturing jobs ...

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06/07/11

Lower tiers of car supply chains need risk scrutiny

SupplyManagement.com

Supply managers in the car industry have been urged to proactively deal with capacity risks at all levels of the supply chain ...

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04/20/11

The Trade War Within

The Economist

Calls for fairer trade should not turn into an excuse for protectionism

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03/30/11

Away to Anhui

Beijing Review

Central China's Anhui Province becomes a major destination for industry as companies move their production lines inland ...

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03/29/11

Rubber Demand Bounces Back, More Growth Seen

RubberWorld

Based on the latest available data and forecasts, the International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) now expects total rubber consumption to reach 24.3 million metric tons (mmt) in 2010 and 25.8 mmt in 2011 ...

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03/29/11

February 2011 Manufacturing ISM Report On Business®

Institute for Supply Management

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in February for the 19th consecutive month, and the overall economy grew for the 21st consecutive month, say the nation's supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report On Business® ...

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