Yet if GM represents all that is bad about the American economy, particularly manufacturing, it does not represent the breadth of our industrial landscape.
It is true that the effects of both Asia's troubles and the strong dollar and pound will be felt by the tradable sector, particularly manufacturing.
The economy, particularly manufacturing, is especially sensitive to energy prices.
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So I want to lower it, particularly for manufacturing, taking it down to 25 percent.
The influx of foreign competition in China, particularly in manufacturing and electronics, has provided the locals with tough, world-class training.
The Germans are proud of their economy - particularly their manufacturing sector - but there will be limits to their generosity.
Four day weeks are becoming increasingly common, particularly in manufacturing.
"I've made it very clear that there are real potential benefits of membership of the euro, particularly for manufacturing industry in terms of things like currency stability, transparency of costs and simplification of the trading regime, " she said.
Numerous politicians have stated that the number one concern of the U.S. government should be to focus on this initiative, particularly within the manufacturing sector.
U., and displaced millions of jobs, particularly in the manufacturing sector.
The other thing that unions did, particularly in the manufacturing sector, was it gave a base for blue-collar workers to get a middle-class wage, which meant that essentially the guys working at the Ford plant could afford to buy a Ford.
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Davidson argues that the inability of employers to recruit skilled workers, particularly in the manufacturing industry, is not a result of a mismatch between the type of education being undertaken by students and the skill sets demanded by the current job market, but rather a function of low wages being offered by employers.
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The downturn will make it particularly difficult for smaller manufacturing firms that already face high competition at home and abroad.
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He discovered it was sending stolen data to an Internet user in Tianjin, China's third-largest city and the second-biggest hub for manufacturing, particularly electronics.
Particularly strong were sales to manufacturing customers (usually about half of sales) which rose by 15.7%.
The town has a strong manufacturing tradition, particularly in machine tools and electrical goods.
Thanks to the technology revolution, we know more about silicon, particularly when it comes to manufacturing products in high volume, than any other material in the world.
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And certainly a state like Wisconsin or my home state of Illinois can tell a lot of stories about how badly hit manufacturing was, particularly in the Midwest.
Russia, the world's ninth-largest economy, is seeking to diversify away from oil and gas and under President Vladimir Putin has made developing its manufacturing base, particularly the Russian car industry, an economic policy priority.
The bad news: Workplace safety experts say the decline in fatalities was due in part to lower employment nationwide, particularly in the construction and manufacturing industries. (Construction-related deaths, still the highest among any profession on an absolute basis, dropped to 1, 178 from 1, 239.) Improved safety standards have helped stanch the bleeding, too, they say.
First came a wave of good news, particularly from the heartland, that manufacturing activity was already on the mend.
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Geographically diversified investment by Indian firms has helped to support employment, particularly in towns reliant on industry and manufacturing that faced difficulties during the recent economic downturn.
Machinery imports are particularly weak, indicating a downturn in manufacturing.
As you might imagine, becoming the dominant player in electronics component manufacturing in China -- particularly at a time when competition has never been fiercer -- takes a particular personality type, and after reading BusinessWeek's profile of Foxconn founder Terry Gou, you get a very real sense that the dude meets the criteria.
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Working capital, particularly inventory, is a cancer for any manufacturing company.
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Anecdotal evidence abounds of falling employment, particularly in construction, mining and export-oriented manufacturing.
Risk appetite, particularly for the industrial commodities, shot up after the positive manufacturing data out of China and a very positive quarter-over-quarter GDP figure out of Australia.
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This pilot institute will bridge the gap between basic research and product development for additive manufacturing, provide shared assets to help companies, particularly small manufacturers, access cutting-edge capabilities and equipment, and create an environment to educate and train workers in advanced additive manufacturing skills.
But with many exporters running big manufacturing operations in the region - and thanks to a particularly strong existing aid relationship with Sri Lanka - the tsunami crisis is different.
In the nineteen-eighties, the Olin family, which owns a chemicals-and-manufacturing conglomerate, became known for funding right-leaning thinking in academia, particularly in law schools.
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