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THE LATEST NEWS: Articles in the December 29, 2008
Issue Of Manufacturing & Technology News

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• 'Fair' Traders Are Perplexed By Obama's Pick For USTR

• USTR Candidate Rep. Becerra Didn't Quite Say What Everybody Is Saying He Said

• U.S. Government Provides Billions Of Dollars To Boost Foreign Trade Rivals

• Mass Layoffs Plague Manufacturing Sector

• November Job Losses Are, Ooh

• The Hemorrhage Continues: U.S. Loses $2 Billion Per Day In Overseas Trade

• 2009 Doesn't Look So Good For America's Workforce

• Federal Budget Quickly Goes Bust

• California Projects Shortage Of Educated Workers

• Only One Major High-Tech Trade Association Is Left Standing In Washington, D.C.

• Michigan's Woes Follow Gov. Engler To NAM

• PEOPLE
- National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Association for Manufacturing Technology
- Copper and Brass Fabricators Council
- National Manufacturing Institute

• Respected Science Aide Jim Turner Will Retire From Congress

• EPA Holds Efficient Building Competition

• NIST Seeks Ideas For Technology Funding

• Customs Advisory Board Continues With Zero U.S. Manufacturing Representation

• Feds Go On Massive Spending Spree

• 2009 Calendar

• THE Talking Head Tours America's Heartland

• Upward Spike In U.S. Bankruptcies

• Letters To The Editor

• U.S. Trucking Industry Experiences Deep Downturn

Quote of Note

"When encountering a place like Euclid Avenue [in downtown Cleveland] one thinks of the Mayan temples that were already being abandoned before Cortes even arrived. What kind of people lived here? What did they make? Why did they leave?"

-- David Byrne, founder of The Talking Heads, on his observations of Cleveland, Ohio, taken from his blog from his recent concert tour.

Web Site Of The Week
The federal government goes on a massive spending spree with no way to pay for it, according to the U.S. Department of Treasury in the "2008 Financial Report of the U.S. Government" located at:
http://www.fms.treas.gov/fr/08frusg/08frusg.pdf

Free Stories from Recent Back Issues

Research And Development Will Not Be Included In President-Elect Obama's Massive Economic Stimulus Package
(December 3, 2008)

U.S. Government Finds Thousands Of Counterfeit Electronics From China In Avionics Weapon Supply Chain
(November 17, 2008)

China's Entry Into WTO Is Questioned By Former Chief U.S. Trade Negotiator
(October 31, 2008)

U.S. Military Fails To Learn An Ancient Military Lesson: No Industrial Economy Equals No Army
(October 15, 2008)

Commentary: Manufacturers Know All About Economic Collapse
(September 30, 2008)

U.S. Trade Deficit Might Be Substantially Higher: Does The U.S. Government Have The Courage To Determine The Real Value Of Imports?
(September 15, 2008)

Chinese Government Shipping Company Representative Sits On Customs & Border Protection's Industry Advisory Council
(August 29, 2008)

U.S. Container Exports Still Dominated By Junk -- Scrap Paper, Scrap Metal And Bulk Commodities
(July 31, 2008)

'Americans Don't Get What's Going On In The World'
The View From On High:
America Can't Compete Because Americans Are Dumb
(July 15, 2008)

The Free-Trade Debacle: Textile Maker Copland Industries Says Multinationals Are Killing The U.S. Economy
(June 30, 2008)

Budget Crunch Forces Bureau of Economic Analysis To Cut Back Data On Foreign Direct Investment & Multinational Activity In The U.S. And Abroad
(June 16, 2008)