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For Auto Towns, Emissary Is Ambassador of Hope

Business Strategy – Few places are more emblematic of the rise of American manufacturing, and its gradual decline, than this once-bustling industrial suburb of Dayton — within sight of the hill from which the Wright Brothers first tried to fly their innovative contraption, even before Kitty Hawk.
That was a century ago, and in time big [...]

Defying Global Slump, China Has Labor Shortage

Business Strategy – GUANGZHOU, China — Just a year after laying off millions of factory workers, China is facing an increasingly acute labor shortage.
As American workers struggle with near double-digit unemployment, unskilled factory workers here in China’s industrial heartland are being offered signing bonuses.
Factory wages have risen as much as 20 percent in recent months.
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