The National Defense University runs the Manufacturing Industry Seminar for mid-career officers from all the services. Charles Blum, CPA Government Relations Director, entitled his presentation to them “Manufacturing, Trade and Globalization: Getting the Fundamentals”. The class will visit Kia in Korea as well as Ford in Detroit. Charlie explained that our cumulative trade deficit…
Dan DiMicco is Chairman Emeritus of Nucor Corp and a CPA board member. This piece is reposted from his personal blog of 10/2/14. It is critical for Leaders to create focus and one way to do that is to set a Goal or Mission for the team to focus on and take…
Peter Morici is an economist and professor at the Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, and a national columnist. Reposted from the blog of Peter Morici ***** Peter Morici | October 1, 2014 Friday, the Labor Department is expected to report the economy added about 215,000 jobs in September, about half of what is…
Reposted from The New York Times Sunday Review (Opinion Our Misplaced Faith in Free Trade By Jeff Madrick | October 3, 2014 | NY Times Trade is one of the few areas on which mainstream economists firmly agree: More is better. But as the Obama administration pursues two huge new trade deals — one with…