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U.S. & CANADA AUTOMOTIVE
What Does The UAW's Formation Of Local 42 For Volkswagen Employees At VW's Plant In Chattanooga, Tennessee Mean?
The UAW's viability and perhaps even its survival may depend on whether it can achieve its goal of unionizing foreign-owned automotive manufacturers in the South. To date, the UAW has failed to achieve that goal. In February  ...   Read on...
AAPC Releases 'State of the U.S. Auto Industry 2014'
Report outlines trends in investment, innovation and jobs - and how those trends are supporting America's economic competitiveness. The American Automotive Policy Council today unveiled its report, "State of the U.S. Auto ...   Read on...
Report affirms Michigan's position as 'epicenter' of automotive R&D
A new report issued by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago has some good news for Michigan's auto industry. Michigan is the "epicenter of automotive R&D in the U.S.," an $11.7 billion sector for which the state is responsible for ...   Read on...
Additional U.S. and Canada automotive articles

- US Auto Sales Tracking to Exceed 17 million Over Next Several Years
- Justice Department price-fixing probe rattles auto industry worldwide
- Canada left out as auto industry invested $17.6 billion worldwide 


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MANUFACTURING, SKILLS & RESHORING
Accenture 2014 Manufacturing Skills and Training Study (download)
A new Accenture manufacturing and skills study, completed in collaboration with The Manufacturing Institute, looks at the skills shortage in the US manufacturing industry and what actions manufacturing companies can take to address ... Read on...
Skills Shortage Threatens Future Earnings and Growth Prospects of U.S. Manufacturers, According to a New Report
Study Calls on U.S. Manufacturers to Take Lead in Training; Perfect Job Candidate May Not Exist.  U.S. manufacturers may be losing up to 11 percent annually* of their earnings as a result of increased production costs stemming from ...   Read on...
US Manufacturing Only 5 Percent More Costly Than China, Strengthens Case for Reshoring
This study by the Boston Consulting Group supports a previous report on why large US manufacturers are reshoring production back to the US from these previous low cost manufacturers. Five economies traditionally regarded as low-cost ...   Read on...
TAX, FINANCE, INVESTMENT & M&A
Acquiring Businesses in the USA: An Overview For Global Buyers
This paper examines some of the legal and other issues that an entity organized under a non-US jurisdiction should consider when evaluating an acquisition of a business based in the US. The term "business" is used broadly in this  ...     Read on ...
U.S. Investment Decisions by Foreign Companies Still Driven by Access and Scale
The United States offers foreign investors unparalleled opportunities and choice locations within a single sophisticated and massive market.  In February, Toray Industries, Inc., a Tokyo-based manufacturer of ...   Read on ...
Additional tax, finance, investment and M&A articles

- New regulations ease restrictions on R&D credit elections
- Do the Math Before You Buy Insurance
- A Step-by-Step Guide to Your Next Office Renegotiation or Relocation: Part V 


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U.S. & CANADA HR ARTICLES
We're Not Out of Engineers Yet
According to several outlets, a dearth of science and engineering students, coupled with the underqualified workforce unable to fill current need, is leading to the intellectual downfall of the nation. If you strike up a conversation with ...   Read on...
What Germans Know Could Help Bridge U.S. Workers' Skill Gap
Job training programs are failing to turn out enough skilled workers to fill job openings in the U.S., a phenomenon that puzzles some European companies that expand into the U.S.President Obama freely admits that ...   Read on...
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- For Infrastructure's Sake, America Needs Skilled Workers
- Supreme Court Holds Severance Payments are Taxable Wages under FICA
- A Global Mobility Manager's Guide: Obtaining expat vehicles in the U.S.A.
- U.S.: Background checks - the risks of a one-size-fits-all approach

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ADDITIONAL CANADA ARTICLES
Time Running Out - JVs Must Comply with Expiring GST/HST Policy
Participants in joint ventures that include nominee corporations or bare trusts only have a short period of time left to take steps to benefit from the CRA's GST/HST temporary administrative "tolerance" policy. Under this policy, the CRA will ...   Read on...
Aging and unskilled workers worry HR
An aging workforce and new workers lacking required skills are among the employer/employee challenges most HR practitioners are expecting to increasingly face in 2014, according to a BC Human Resources Management Association (BC HRMA) survey ...   Read on...
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- Canada remains most competitive business tax environment worldwide: KPMG
- FATCA tax deal forces Canadian banks to send info to IRS

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ADDITIONAL U.S. ARTICLES

- Don't Get "Crushed": Three Ways to Avoid Being a Bully While Protecting Your Trademarks
- Watch Out, Suppliers! Counterfeiting Is Not Only For the Fashion Industry Anymore.
- Ten Mega-Trends of The U.S. Roadmap for Material Handling & Logistics and Why 2025 Matters Today
- The Role of Culture in Efficient Supply Chain Operations
- Supply Chain Management in the U.S.A. Means Continuous Improvement
- SEC Staff Says 2014 Conflict Minerals Reporting Remains in Effect and on Schedule, Except for Labeling Rejected by Court of Appeals 


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