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• Melamine found in more U.S. infant formula
The FDA and other experts said they believe the minute melamine contamination in U.S.-made formula had occurred during the manufacturing process, rather than intentionally. The U.S. government quietly began testing domestically produced infant ...
• Scientists discover way to levitate tiny objects
By altering and combining molecules, tiny machines could be devised which could have applications in surgery, manufacturing food and fuel and boosting computer speed. Quantum mechanical forces The discovery arose from Capasso's prior work as vice ...
• U.S. 2008 planned layoffs most in five years
The plan to rebuild the nation’s crumbling infrastructure will benefit not only laborers on the front lines, but it will push up through the economy, creating jobs for manufacturing workers, engineers, architects, technology specialists, etc.” Job ...
• Jobs gains high in East Tennessee, losses in West
The pain is also being felt in Middle Tennessee's Shelbyville, which is losing ink as a major center for manufacturing writing instruments. Just four years after the city dubbed itself "Sharpieville" because of its Sharpie pen manufacturing plant ...
• Wall Street begins 2009 with a rally
NEW YORK - Wall Street started 2009 with a big rally Friday as investors, brushing aside a disappointing report on manufacturing, sent the Dow Jones industrials up more than 250 points and to their first close above 9,000 in two months. All the major ...