“My idea of a good conversation is to find someone who will listen to me.” I’m not sure of the provenance. I’ve seen it attributed to George Bernard Shaw, but it also sounds like Mark Twain. If you know, help me out. The quote gives me an excuse to say that [continue reading . . . ]
Apple employs about 41,000 people in the United States. But virtually all of the parts for iPhones, iPads, iPods and other products are manufactured offshore — mainly in Korea, Taiwan, Japan and Germany. And assembly is almost entirely in China, in regimented compounds operated by Apple’s suppliers. Thousands of workers, [continue reading . . . ]
Press reports (see this one in the Seattle Times) say Democratic legislators in Olympia are promoting the formation of a taxpayer-owned bank. Makes me wonder if the effort to legalize pot has burrowed its way a little too deeply into hallowed halls in Olympia. Hasn’t Olympia got enough on its [continue reading . . . ]
As I mentioned on KUOW’s Weekday program today, I was delighted to read in today’s Financial Times* that manufacturing employment has grown faster in the U.S. during this recovery than in any other advanced country. From January 2010, employment in U.S. factories has risen by 2.9% to nearly 11.8 million [continue reading . . . ]