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Spirit workers returning to full-time schedule
Spirit AeroSystems Inc. workers who have been on a three day a week work schedule will be back work full time in January the company says.
bizjournals.com  –  Dec 18, 2008 4:31 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
Intertape Polymer extends shutdown, reduces work force
Intertape Polymer Group Inc. is reducing its work force by 152 employees and taking other measures in response to current economic conditions. (ITP)
bizjournals.com  –  Dec 18, 2008 4:11 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
Chrysler to idle plants until January 19
Chrysler Thursday announced it will idle all of its manufacturing facilities through at least January 19.
bizjournals.com  –  Dec 18, 2008 2:49 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
Little tech wins big as nanocar inventor takes top science award
A Rice University researcher has won the Foresight Institute Feynman award for experimential nanotechnology for creating a car 1/20,000 the size of a human hair. Hope is that such technology will someday be used to build large objects such as memory boards or buildings.
Computerworld.com  –  Dec 18, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
Fed: Louisville economy ???somewhat negative???
A report released Wednesday by the Eighth Federal Reserve District says that the overall economic picture for the Louisville region continues to be somewhat negative. Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:34:50 GMTHonda cuts profit forecast, braces for tough yearhttp://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals. ... more »
bizjournals.com  –  Dec 17, 2008 10:21 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
Chrysler to idle plants until January
Chrysler announced today it will idle all of its manufacturing facilities through at least January 19. The shutdowns will begin Friday. The company said it the move is an effort to keep inventories better aligned with U.S. demand. Chrysler dealers said that their sales volumes have fallen as much as ... more »
bizjournals.com  –  Dec 17, 2008 10:19 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
Fed: Louisville economy ‘somewhat negative’
A report released Wednesday by the Eighth Federal Reserve District says that the overall economic picture for the Louisville region “continues to be somewhat negative.”
bizjournals.com  –  Dec 17, 2008 9:34 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
Honda cuts profit forecast, braces for tough year
Honda Motor Co. Ltd. told investors Wednesday that it’s ready to roll with the punches of a global economic slowdown, but is moving forward with the expectation that conditions will get worse next year.
bizjournals.com  –  Dec 17, 2008 9:22 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
Study: Auto industry failure would hit Tennessee hard
Tennessee would be one of the hardest hit state’s if the U.S. auto industry were to fail, according to a new study by the Economic Policy Institute.
bizjournals.com  –  Dec 17, 2008 8:39 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
Cooper Tire's Georgia closure saves Mississippi jobs
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. will close its plant in Albany, Ga., cutting 1,335 jobs there but saving about 1,200 jobs at its plant in Tupelo, Miss. (CTB)
bizjournals.com  –  Dec 17, 2008 8:35 PM [GMT]  –  comment?