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Report: US will surpass China as top manufacturing country by 2020
Alan Kelsky ManufacturingOn Jan. 4, Reuters rang in the new year with a report stating the United States manufacturing and construction sectors can both look forward to "tepid growth." However, a report issued by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and the U.S. Council on Competitiveness — "2016 Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index" — predicts the United States will regain its former position as the No. 1 manufacturing producer in the world, surpassing China by 2020.
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What can the US learn from the success of Mexico’s sugar tax?
Joan Spitrey Medical & Allied HealthcareIn 2013, the Mexican government voted to implement an excise tax on sugar-sweetened drinks and on several energy-dense foods. This represented an approximate 10 percent increase in price of all nondairy and nonalcoholic beverages with added sugar and an 8 percent increase on a list of nonessential highly energy-dense foods.
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Sales 201: A quick refresher for travel agents
Anne Rose Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementYou probably have been in sales for a while and think you're pretty good at it. But even the best athletes, no matter how much they excel, still practice regularly. It's too easy to get complacent in your trade and settle for a status quo when it might be possible to raise the standard just a bit.
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Can you ace this US national parks quiz?
Dave G. Houser Recreation & LeisureVisitation to America's national parks set a new record in 2015, unofficially topping 300 million for the first time. Visits to the country's 409 national parks are expected to surge to even higher levels during the 2016 centennial year of the National Park Service (NPS).
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What’s the reason for so much business lingo?
Carol Heiberger Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementThe English used in the business world is the most context-sensitive language on the planet. Every industry, every company and every project has its own lingo. Common words are used in specialized manners, and there aren't any abbreviations and acronyms that can actually be considered "standard." A single abbreviation or acronym might have one of many meanings depending upon who's talking.
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Open carry in Texas means the return of the barbecue gun
Ken Jolly Recreation & LeisureThe state of Texas has always had a fondness for its guns. Since Jan 1, for the first time in nearly 150 years, properly licensed Texas citizens with a valid CHL or LTC permit have the right to open carry handguns in belt or shoulder holsters.
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Pros and cons of preleasing undeveloped commercial property
Dale Willerton and Jeff Grandfield RetailAs either a new or existing commercial tenant, you may be tempted to prelease undeveloped property (to open a new store or move your business to). This is potentially the most unpredictable lease agreement into which a tenant can enter.
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Don’t rule out vertical lift just yet
Mark Huber Transportation Technology & AutomotiveIt didn't take long for the chattering class to start writing the obituary for the AgustaWestland AW609 civil tiltrotor shortly after a prototype crashed Oct. 30 in Italy, killing the crew. And if you think you've seen this movie before, you have. The detractors of the AW609's big brother, the V-22 Osprey, hauled out the same tired, old sheet music Luddites have been out-of-tune croaking to since Icarus strapped on a pair of wings, when the first V-22 went down more than two decades ago.
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No end to volatility in oil markets at the outset of 2016
Lucy Wallwork Natural ResourcesThe market may have become the new "swing producer" since the shale revolution. But the 3 percent jump in oil prices in the opening days of the new year — on the back of an execution in Saudi Arabia that inflamed sectarian tensions — reminded us of the repercussions that instability in the Middle East continues to have for global oil markets.
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Candida yeast: The 411 on fungal infections
Jeff White Sports & FitnessThere's nothing "fun" about fungal infections. Fungi are organisms that can grow in low moisture and low pH environments. Fungi are found everywhere — outdoors on trees, on plants, in the soil, and indoors on various objects. They even grow on our bodies.