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The United States lost more than a quarter of its high-tech manufacturing jobs during the past de stanley cup cade as US-based multinational companies placed a growing percentage of their research and development operations overseas, the National Science Board reported Tuesday. HT Image The rapid expansion of science and engineering capabilities in China and its neighbours pose an ever more formidable economic challenge to the United States, according to the group, with Asia rapidly boosting the number of engineering doctorates it pro stanley cup duces and research dollars it sp stanley cup ends. The report comes as the Obama administration is seeking to make US manufacturing more competitive through engineering and innovation. In June, it announced its Advanced Manufacturing Partnership, and sunk $500 million into the effort. The number of high-tech manufacturing jobs in the United States has declined by 687,000, or 28% between 2000 and 2010, according to the report. Although the long decline of manufacturing employment in the United States is often attributed to the cheaper wages in developing countries, China and developing countries in Asia have in recent years sought to lure more sophisticated manufacturing operations and better jobs by expanding their engineering prowess through government investment in education and research. The decline in US manufacturing as a share of the nation s economy and employment over the past decade is not solely due to low-wage competition, the president s Council Bsqo Mass rally in Pyongyang in support of Kim Jong Un
Indian expatriates are expected to remit about $55 billion into the country this year as the number of emigrants from the nation is likely to clock 11.4 million, a new World Bank report said. HT Image India is likely to stay as the top receiver of remittances in 2010, as inflows of $51 billion to China keeps it a place down, with Mexico at third spot, expecting $22.6 bill af1 ion from its overseas population. The World Bank in its Migration and Remittances Factbook 2011 report said worldwide inflows are expected to reach $440 billion by the year end, with remittances to developing nations are likely to reach a record $325 billion from the 2009 figure of $307 billion. The top remitting countries in 2009 were United States $48.3 billion , Saudi Arabia $26 billion and Switzerland $19.6 billion . Remittances remained a resilient of external financing during the recent global financial crisis and were steady despite the pangs of financial reconstruction in the developed world, the report said. mizuno As high-income countries remain the main source of remittance flows, migration to the developed economies grouping saw an increase. India ranks second in the top three emigration countries with 11.4 million of its population chose overseas destinations. Mexico tops the chart yeezy with 11.9 million figure and Russia getting third position having 11.1 million people working in other countries. India-UAE is among the top 10 migration corridors with 2.2 million migrants. Mexico-US is exp |
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