manufacturing

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  Stock prices ease as manufacturing softens

  By The Associated Press  |  May 15, 2013

  A report of slowing manufacturing in the Northeastern U.S. is getting the stock market off to weak start.

• Hutco to pay nearly $2 million in OT back wages

  By Allen Greenberg  |  May 7, 2013

  Hutco Inc., a large industrial services employment agency, has agreed to pay $1.91 million in back wages to 2,267 employees assigned to client work sites in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.

• Some industries lack adequate disability coverage

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  May 1, 2013

  Workers within the manufacturing, health care and education sectors tend to lack adequate disability coverage, which could pose major risks to their financial protection, according to a recent analysis by Colonial Life.

• Budget tightening not hurting business

  By The Associated Press  |  April 22, 2013

  Washington's budget tightening is having a minimal effect on businesses, a survey of business economists released Monday shows.

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  Why ‘safety’ should be last for 401(k) investors

  By Chris Carosa  |  April 16, 2013

  One of the problems folks who admire common sense have with investing is that it often turns common sense on its head.

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  3 actions for worried investors

  By Joyce Hanson  |  April 16, 2013

  ‘Is the stock market a bubble ready to burst? No,’ say BlackRock’s investment strategists in a spring update

• New Mexico manufacturing jobs dropped in 2012

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  April 4, 2013

  From January 2012 to January 2013, industrial employment in New Mexico fell 1.1 percent for a loss of 609 jobs, according to the 2013 New Mexico Manufacturers Register, an industrial directory published annually by Manufacturers’ News Inc. in Evanston, Ill.

• Management training leads to improved people skills

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  March 29, 2013

  Typically, employees fulfill management roles because of their strong technical skills, but that doesn’t always mean they’re ready to handle the people component of management. However, a comprehensive management training program can help those employees effectively supervisor their subordinates, says Sheryl Kovach, president and CEO of Kandor Group, a human...

• Housing, manufacturing give US economy lift

  By MARTIN CRUTSINGER, AP Economics Writer  |  March 26, 2013

  Gains in housing and manufacturing propelled the U.S. economy over the winter, according to reports released Tuesday, and analysts say they point to the resilience of consumers and businesses as government spending cuts kick in.

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  Low-wage workers gloomy about future

  By Jennifer Agiesta, Tom Raum  |  March 20, 2013

  America's lower-income workers have posted the biggest job gains since the deep 2007-09 recession — but few are bragging.