Patents Alive!

Patenting Old McDonald’s farm animals…then patent Old McD’s progeny next?  With royalties of course.

Bye Bye Manufacturing Jobs

(Associated Press: Boston Globe 1/3/06 C2)

• the loss of manufacturing jobs -> less jobs, lower wages, less benefits, loss of pensions
• Mittal Steel Co. cut 800 jobs last month
• GM plans to cut 30,000 hourly jobs by 2008.
• Ford has plans to be announced, poss. 15,000 workers affected in US and Mexico. TBA this month.  More 1000s of white-collar workers.
• Delphi Corp. bankruptcy ; 34,000 workers may have their wages cut in half or more; loss of some healthcare benefits