Maryland's manufacturers have taken significant strides adopting technologies to boost their competitiveness with enterprises from countries like China that benefit from an abundance of low-cost labor.

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WASHINGTON — Expectations are rising for a stronger U.S. economy in 2014 after reports Thursday showed solid growth in manufacturing and construction spending at the end of last year. Factory activity in December stayed near a 2½-year high. Americans are ...

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CONCORD, N.H. — Firearms manufacturers upset over newly restrictive gun laws and proposals in their home states are getting a message from other places: Move here, where the climate is favorable to your products and so are the tax codes. ...

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WASHINGTON — U.S. companies barely increased their stockpiles in June from May, and sales plunged by the largest amount in more than three years. Business inventories edged up a slight 0.1 percent in June after a 0.3 percent gain in ...

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DETROIT — Just when Detroit seemed to be luring them away, Americans are embracing Japanese cars again. Toyota and Honda lost ground last year after the Japanese earthquake limited their supplies. But July’s U.S. sales show they’ve nearly regained what ...

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UNION BRIDGE — The tiny Carroll County town of Union Bridge is eliminating a tax on manufacturers in hopes of making itself more attractive to businesses. The Carroll County Times reports that the Town Council voted Monday to exempt manufacturing ...

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WASHINGTON — A big decline in gas and energy costs drove a measure of U.S. wholesale prices lower in April. Outside that drop, prices barely rose. The Labor Department said Friday that the producer price index dropped 0.2 percent last ...

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WASHINGTON — The number of available jobs in the United States jumped in December to near a three-year high, supporting other data that show a brighter outlook for hiring. Companies and governments posted 3.38 million jobs in December, the Labor ...

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WASHINGTON — U.S. manufacturers ended 2011 with their best month of growth since the late spring. And the struggling construction industry spent more on projects for the third time in four months. The data bolstered hopes that the economy is ...

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WASHINGTON— Factories are producing more. Construction is growing. People are buying more cars. The holiday shopping season is off to a strong start. Normally, all that would suggest a bright outlook for the economy. Problem is, employers still aren’t hiring ...

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