manufacturing

An economic snapshot of Chattanooga, Tenn., reveals why President Obama is speaking there.

Critics are starting to question some details in a report released Monday by the New York-based China Labor Watch, which targeted Chinese factory conditions of Apple supplier Pegatron.

Amazon is hiring 5,000 new full-time workers at its fulfillment centers.

After a hundred years of production in the U.K., the U.S. auto giant is closing its last vehicle assembly operation in Britain.

China’s factories are continuing to struggle, but Europe's economic activity is showing signs of life — at least for the last month.

Lots of European retailers have signed onto a new pact to institute stricter rules after the factory tragedy this year. Which U.S. companies will follow suit?

Honda sales are up and the company sales it expects to become a net exporter of vehicles from the U.S. by late next year.

With 2013 halfway done, how is the economy doing? Julia Coronado, chief North American economist BNP Paribas, shares her take.

The U.S. is suspending its trade benefits for Bangladesh. The Obama administration said the country has not moved quickly enough to address workplace safety following an eight-story factory collapse that killed over 1,000 workers.