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Automotive News

Today’s state of car manufacturing in America

Seeing as though it’s become increasingly easier to drink from the “glass-half-empty” cup, we thought that everyone could use some good news. Surprisingly, that good news is coming from the U.S. car manufacturing industry. Manufacturing overall in the United States has done better than what many analysts thought the industry would, with polling conducted by news agency Reuters reported that forecasts had the sector growing at 0.6%.  However, as of July 2021, production at auto plants across the country soared […]

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Automotive News

Electric vehicles raise questions about long-term sustainability

Electric cars are being touted as the solution to carbon emissions, but the situation may not be as clear-cut as most people believe. Studies show that electric car recharging stations could increase CO2 emissions unless they are powered by renewable energy sources like wind or solar power. While overall energy consumption for electric vehicles can decrease in comparison to internal combustion engines, charging an electric car can cause more carbon dioxide emissions due to electricity production's dependency on fossil fuels. […]

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Business & Lifestyle

Action tasks for four manufacturing accidents

Manufacturing is a brilliant sector to operate in. It brings ideas to life, and you can actually feel them coming into fruition with each passing day. Manufacturing is also very versatile with regards to who cares about it. You can make products for your own customers, or you can work in a B2B sense. The key asset for any manufacturing business is the employees. Not only are you hiring skilled workers that have tremendous talent, but they are in short […]

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In Your Home

A gift guide for the super geeks in your life

Christmas is coming - that time of year when celebrations abound across the world, when traditions are celebrated by families and friends alike, when merriment fills hearts so full many forget their troubles as the new year looms. That's not to say, of course, that there aren't those who dread the festive season; those few and far between souls who don't celebrate Christmas for one reason or another might find it a hard time because of busy times -- just […]

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social media

Business & Lifestyle

Is your social media campaign working?

If you are currently running a social media campaign, you might be looking at is how well it is working. This includes how people are engaging with it, and how many new customers it is bringing you. If the answer is that it isn’t bringing you a lot, then something is clearly wrong. When this happens, something isn’t working as well as it could be. This means that you have got to work out what the issue is sooner rather […]

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Güzelyurt Turkey

Columnists

Güzelyurt: Turkey’s ‘Beautiful Land’

Güzelyurt, in the region of Cappadocia in rural Turkey, is a town that has changed little over the centuries. Exploring it, I hike steeply down into a ravine, winding through a community in the rough — where the chores of daily life seemed stuck in the Middle Ages. Then, climbing up to a hilltop perch marking the end of town, I survey the view and marvel how the honey that holds this architectural baklava together is the community of people […]

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Gail Simmons Quincy University

Education

QU Board of Trustees adds Simmons as new member

QUINCY – Gail Simmons of Kalamazoo, Mich., was added in October to the Quincy University Board of Trustees as its newest member. “Simmons’ impressive background in higher education as a faculty member and executive will allow her to make many important contributions to Board deliberations,” Del Mitchell, chair of the QU Board of Trustees, said in a press release. Simmons a recent retiree from Hofstra She recently retired from Hofstra University, where she served as provost and senior vice president of […]

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Business & Lifestyle

Federal Reserve to announce end of bond-buying program

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The Federal Reserve opened a two-day meeting on Tuesday at which Chairman Jerome Powell is expected to announce the tapering of the Fed's bond-buying program, which was enacted as an emergency response to COVID-19. Powell and the Fed have resisted ending the program so far, but there's now pressure to start winding down $120 billion in monthly purchases due to changing economic conditions. Amid rising inflation, Powell has indicated that the Federal Reserve Board will begin to […]

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Business News

Working from home may have sustainability downsides

According to Statista, ‘Before the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 17 percent of U.S. employees worked from home five days or more per week, a share that increased to 44 percent during the pandemic.’ COVID-19 accelerated the work from home model all across the world, throughout 2021 many companies have chosen to remain remote, or develop a hybrid office model. Research from Apollo Technical estimates that ‘22% of the workforce (36.2 million Americans) will work remotely by 2025.’ Businesses across the globe […]

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