Manufacturing

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.

Some companies who sell to the U.S. now prefer Mexico to China as a manufacturing base. Rising Chinese labor costs are part of the reason. Mexico's proximity to the U.S. is another.

The Bangladesh government makes it easier for garment workers to join trade unions. But will that spark the change factor workers are hoping for?