Media Factory

The speed-up king: in 1940, a Danish machinist helped jump-start America's transformation from carmaker to weapons giant.(president of General Motors, William S. Knudsen)(Essay)
World War II; 1/1/2010; 4244 words; ...bombers cost $350,000 each, pursuit planes $133,000, and medium tanks $46,000. More important, although only 5,640 military...and quirky, he was known for spending as much time walking factory floors as in his office--and when he was in his office he...

Less secure, yet more confident ; Consumer spending in India has surpassed records by a mile this decade. As a younger, more confident India hits its stride, watch out for that needle move really fast.
Business Today; 12/27/2009; 1181 words; ...reach of mobile phones and electronic media. Author Gurcharan Das, a former Chief...disposable income. Gaurav Mishra, a social media and analytics expert, for instance...Chitra, who works in a consumer durables factory, saved from her less than Rs 1 lakh a...

Less secure, yet more confident.
Business Today More (New Delhi, India); 12/27/2009; 1280 words; ...reach of mobile phones and electronic media. Author Gurcharan Das, a former Chief...disposable income. Gaurav Mishra, a social media and analytics expert, for instance...Chitra, who works in a consumer durables factory, saved from her less than Rs 1 lakh a...

Doomed China restaurant hires live-in protester
AP Worldstream; 12/24/2009; 1336 words; ...the demolition of her ex-husband's factory in the southern city of Chengdu in mid...video of her death dominated national media. The case and other deaths prompted five...really be ready to pursue reform, mainland media have been allowed to write about Lu and...

Drunken-driving arrests climb in West Allis Grant money, added emphasis push tally past 500 in 2009
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 12/24/2009; 886 words; ...more than 120 bars dot the landscape, and the city's blue-collar, factory-worker history is well documented. In the 1980s, when Jungbluth served...news items already copyrighted and received through wire services or other media.)