Daily News For March 3, 2010

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Today's Daily News

Ford Overtakes GM in U.S. Sales
It was the first time Ford had surpassed GM in monthly sales since the top U.S. automaker's sales were hit by a strike at a key supplier in 1998. Click to continue

Nissan Recalls 540,000 Vehicles
Brake pedal defects and faulty fuel gauges Click to continue

Freight Rates Are Stabilizing in Canada
Although the cost of ground transportation for Canadian shippers declined by 9.6% since December of 2008, freight costs appear to be stabilizing in early 2010. Click to continue

Nucor Buys Scrap Processing Company
Company continues to expand subsidiary acquired in 2008. Click to continue

Daimler, BYD to Build Electric Car
New brand for Chinese market Click to continue

Workplace Gender Inequality Still Alive Worldwide
Despite big changes over recent decades, workplace gender inequalities endure in the United States and other industrialized nations around the world that are created by facets of national social policy that either ease or concentrate the demands of care giving within households and shape expectations in the workplace. Click to continue

Apple Sues HTC for iPhone Patent Infringement
Steve Jobs says 'competitors should create their own original technology, not steal ours.' Click to continue

France Builds World's Biggest Photovoltaic Solar Plant
Plant will produce 143 megawatts Click to continue

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"Experts" -- In What? Re: Don't Blame Lean
"The increasing complexity of models and systems in the vehicles has raised the stakes of error to the point that they don't even know after three years what is creating the problem...." Click to continue

Turning Food Into Fertilizer
"Where do they get the waste?..." Click to continue

Service Supply Chain: A Golden Opportunity to Cut Costs and Make Your Customers Happy
"...I find myself asking, 'Who is focusing on the customer?'" Click to continue

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Product Spotlight

Northfield Precision Instrument Corp: Model 1000 10" Diameter Pitech Line Chuck
Northfield Precision Instrument Corporation, a leader in the design and manufacture of precision workholding chucks, introduces their Model 1000 10in. diameter "Pitch Line" chuck. This chuck grips the O.D. of 9" diameter helical gears. The pins are mounted in a loose fitting housing so they can float. The pins pick up the pitch diameter and the jaws grip the O.D. of the pins. Click to continue

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Session Spotlight: Five Steps to Realizing Workforce Training Success
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