Korean Finance Minister Calls For Ratification Of FTA With U.S.
May 15, 2008 | Silo Breaker
SEOUL, May 15 Asia Pulse - The free trade agreement (FTA) struck with the United States is the greatest achievement that the previous administration made and it will help South Korea brace for toughening economic conditions, Seoul's top economic policymaker said...

Group Lobbying For Larger Rigs
May 15, 2008 | Trucking Info
A coalition of shippers, motor carriers, manufacturers and others is hosting meetings in Washington, D.C., this week to urge Congress to adopt several demonstration pilot projects related to larger trucks in the upcoming congressional highway reauthorization...

Machinists needed in Tiers
May 14, 2008 | Star Gazette
Companies say they have difficulty filling manufacturing jobs. Share this article: Fading interest in manufacturing careers -- particularly the machine tooling trade -- is making it hard for Twin Tiers business owners to find workers to fill those jobs, and it's even harder for educators to find potential...

U.S.-Mexican trucking experiment in slow lane
May 14, 2008 | Dallas Morning News
By JESSICA MEYERS / Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning News Jessica Meyers is a freelance writer based in Berkeley, Calif. LAREDO Javier Gonzalez is the middleman in a mandatory three-way handoff at Laredo's World Trade...

Intel, Southwest Windpower named Arizona manufacturers of the year
May 13, 2008 | Portfolio
May 13 2008 1:05PM EDT The Arizona Manufacturers Council this week named Intel Corp. its manufacturer of the year, and Southwest Windpower Inc. its outstanding small...

Senate rejects GOP oil drilling plan
May 13, 2008 | KCBD
PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate has rejected a Republican energy plan that calls for opening an Alaska wildlife refuge and some offshore waters to oil...

Senate says stop putting oil into US reserves
May 13, 2008 | AP via Florida Times-Union
WASHINGTON The Senate, in a direct challenge to President Bush, voted Tuesday to temporarily halt the shipment of thousands of barrels of oil a day into the government's emergency...

Use of wind energy expected to grow dramatically
May 13, 2008 | Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) Two decades from now Americans could get as much electricity from windmills as from nuclear power plants, according to a government report that lays out a possible plan for wind energy growth.

Senator eyes deal to help pass Colombia pact
May 13, 2008 | AOL
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior Republican senator said on Monday he was optimistic a deal could be reached with Democrats that would lead to congressional approval of a free trade agreement with Colombia before the November...

Court rules R.I. neednt hear cases on asbestos
May 13, 2008 | Providence Journal
PROVIDENCE In a matter closely followed by national business groups, the state Supreme Court is ordering the dismissal of 39 asbestos cases that Canadian residents had filed in Rhode...