China
Federal State of Cyber Insecurity: New Day, New Breach?
When the United States government accused China of hacking the Office of Personnel Management and gaining access to the records of 4 million current and former federal employees, it ...Full Article
AWS Cloud Expands Into China, C3 Instances Sell Out
The Amazon Web Services subsidiary of the online retailing giant is expanding its cloud into China, one of the more difficult markets for any IT vendor to crack. China ...Full Article
Automation Alleviates China’s Growing Labor Shortage
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Screen_shot_2013-09-24_at_11.57.19_AM.png" alt="" width="95" height="64" border="0" />Robots have been a hot topic for countries like the United States as they push themselves to be more competitive against ...Full Article
Will China’s Smog Drive out Manufacturing Jobs?
<img src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/smog.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="63" />While China remains a popular destination for expats, they aren't relocating for the air quality. The smog and haze that hung over Beijing this ...Full Article
Huge Loss of U.S. Manufacturing Jobs Triggered by China Trade Decision
<div><img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/ChineseFactoryWorkers3_3.jpg" alt="" width="72" height="95" />A National Bureau of Economic Research working paper issued in December claims the sharp drop in U.S. manufacturing jobs from 2000 to ...Full Article
Clean Energy Conundrum: In Europe, Regulations Have Helped Create a “Golden Age Of Coal.”
EU Regulations intended to shift utilities from fossil fuels to renewable energy are having the reverse effect. As America shifts to natural gas, European coal prices drop, and utilities ...Full Article
Comeback Country
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/DMR_OlympicUniforms_small.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="53" />Lawmakers are steamed by the revelation that the U.S. team’s Olympic uniforms were made in China. But America’s embrace of digital manufacturing ...Full Article
Globalization and the Changing Face of Manufacturing
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/earth_with_white_background.jpg" alt="earth" width="95" height="95" />When it comes to the state of manufacturing in the US, Mike Newkirk likes to quote hockey great Wayne Gretzky who said, ...Full Article
Reshoring is Hot!
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/made-in-usa.jpg" alt="" width="94" height="62" />A firm in California typifies the move to reshoring, a trend that is gaining traction, while on the East coast another company ...Full Article
