Long article but encouraging good  news.

This is the exception rather than the rule, when cost explodes again they will ship the jobs back to China. I am surprised that that second rate PHD shouting for joy over this news. Manufacturing cost will always trump. 

Here is some more info:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/...f-biggest-firms.html

Druggie I will bet you some money on this. My call is natural gas and fracking will bring down the energy cost so much in the US that many global companies will want to move to the South in the next 10 years. Want to bet? 

You a wan drug man? Now meh see wah mek dem a call yuh druggie. drug_B a de appasite a B_Gurd

Highly unlikely,  the bulk of the high expense in most industries is labor, not energy.

China will continue to erode away the manufacturing base of this country. Only very specialized manufacturing will continue to be done in the US.   

Go to da head of da class...you've got the culprit.

Iman hear he got two knack knee an a big tarass goadie he does use as a anchor fo keep him upright when he drinkin.

The likelihood or probability is in my favor. Second factor you missed: Chinese wages are also increasing. This coupled with the coming cheap US energy will turn US into a major high end manufacturing hub in the near future. BMW, Mercedes, etc, already are planning to romp up production in the great USofA. Actually Apple went to fabricate (notice not manufacture but fabricate) its gadgets because of a subsidy the Chinese govt gave it. It had nothing or little to do with labor cost. In any case, the Communist Party is finding out it cannot suppress wages indefinitely. Second factor you missed is the political backlash that is coming as Western companies become wary of the kind of aggressive intellectual poaching of Western technologies and ideas. Third, the yuan is appreciating in the near future.

Druggie I know this is not pleasant for you Jagdeoites who want to do business with the Chinese for obvious "corporate governance" reasons. The great USofA and the British have laws  that forbid their corporations from offering bribes. 

Oh...I miss another factor bai Druggie...will tell you later. 

Nonsense, you have been wrong before and you will be proven wrong again. The difference between labor in China and the US is so vast that mere energy savings in the US will not compensate for the difference in total expense over the next few years.  When the lewis turning point is reached, the Chinese will move their operations to nations with cheap labor, and their is an abundance of these nation in the region. Before most of these jobs return to the US they will have to make the rounds to progressively cheaper producing nations.  America will be the last in line. 

Bribes do not exist, especially, with corporations in the US-of-A and Britain???

BGURDLE, think TK as a REAL doctorate recipient vs. Fagdeo with his fake honorary. Personally, I would outright refuse to accept an honorary doctorate. REFUSE.

 I didn't realize that it was an honorary PHD, I thought the man actually worked for it. 

Druggie...each even has a probability of outcome. There is a probability that manufacturing don't boom in the US in the next 10 years (I am wrong). There is a probability attached to the event that I am right. I am confidently betting that the latter probability is greater. Now, it is not about me. Let's discuss the issue of whether the US experiences a major energy and economic boom in the next 10 years because it is fundamental for you Jagdeoites since your leader picked sides when he cursed out the Americans while in Iran. This is fundamental because if fracking allows the US to really boom then all those countries depending on oil will not find it easy. 

Druggie you're not making sense since if you are bullish on China you have to accept Chinese wages will rise, and it is increasing as we type here. And your thesis that investors will move to other low income nations is wrong. They can't go to Bangladesh or Vietnam as they did in large numbers to China 20 years ago. These nations don't have today some of the advantages China had then. 

Now Druggie for my 4th factor why China has far to go. Name me ONE great global Chinese brand that people are crazy about like what the South Koreans have: say Samsung, LG, Kia or Hyundai or Brazil's Embrarer and India Wipro. Just ONE...name me ONE Mr Druggo. 

I am holding back my main variable (the 5th one). Suffice to say, I choose to be on the side of liberty, freedom, human rights and democracy. 

I know as a old far left-wing former communist East German trained engineer enjoying the freedoms and liberty of good old Canada, you are offended by this thread. I am sorry for the displeasure. I never intended your displeasure and I never said there is no corruption by US businesses abroad. Recently Walmart was found giving bribes in Mexico. American laws will take care of Walmart and the public will decide the reputational price it must pay. Now as uncomfortable this thread may be, could you kindly point me to ONE...only ONE Chinese law or case where a Chinese company offering bribes in Africa/Caribbean/Latin America was brought to public light. Thank you.  

Yours Truly,

TK

Your long-winded nonsense continue to show your inability to deal with simple realities.

I apologize for the discomfort the thread may cause. I look forward to being enlightened by your timeless wisdom and I am hoping that your great wisdom will lead towards finding ONE Chinese law that forbids their companies from offering bribes in a foreign company. Thank you. 

Your ability to express incorrect statements are quite evident from your initial statement about me.

In other words .. your statement about me -- highlighted in blue -- which you have constantly used on GNI  is absolutely incorrect.

It is your choice to continue making incorrect statements.

I thought you said you obtained a scholarship to study engineering in East Germany in the 1960s or 70s? And did you not say you are based in Canada? If you are not then I retract the label of a far leftie. 

I never made any statements on GNI about where I studied.

Again, another example of your inability to make straight and correct statements.

I am pretty sure you mentioned you were in East Germany along with Gerhard's dad.  Anyhow...that is not the focus of this thread. We look forward to receiving your immense wisdoms and we hope you will deploy them to finding that ONE law I mentioned above. Again I retract the statement where I called you far leftie. 

Again, the blue highlighted part in your last statement is incorrect.

I am  not bullish on China at all, eventually they will fall from grace like all booming economies with bad underlying ethics. Lets just say that I am not bullish on the US in terms of jobs returning here en masse. Investors always go for the profit, US can not compete in this arena, they have to rely on the "made in America" mantra to make a few sales and even that is facetious. Most of the parts are made elsewhere while the final assemble is done here for most of those products touted as "American made". If you watch Shark Tank, the tv show, you will notice that whenever a product is presented to an investor, they immediately ask about how much it would cost to product the same item overseas. Hope is eternal, but in your case it is fairy tales you believe in.  Lower energy in the US will not compensate for high labor cost. 

Sorry Druggie...but I do not derive my information from a silly show like shark tank. And speaking about fairy tales, I don't deal with that either. If you want to see fairy tale check out the LCDS. It has some fantastic fairy tales like Guyana getting US$580 mill indefinitely and the money will go through OP. Unlike you I am bullish on the US and I don't need shark tank to help form my expectations. 

The problem with you is that you are insulated from the realities of the world behind your podium lectern. As I mentioned before, those who fail in the real world resort to teaching. You need to dig up the statistics on jobs leaving these shores compared to the few returning. The only jobs safe here is the real high tech one that requires superior mental capabilites and expertise. Mundane jobs are outsourced immediately, why keep these jobs here and pay an Ameican when it can be done at a fraction of the cost overseas?

We can examine the call center industry, how come those jobs are not returning? The first push was for these centers to be moved down south, then it was to Indian, when the Indian economy impoved and wages rose, the call centers started making rounds in Latin America and even ended up in Guyana. The common factor here was cost. I am not even as educated in this field as you and yet I am able quite easily to put you shame in my analysis. The difference is that I live in the real world and you hide behind your desk worrying about the PPP and negelecting your own field of economics.

You don't live in a real world. You depend on trivial talk show hosts for info. That's fantasy land. I know you Jagdeoites don't see teaching as a real job. That's why you evil doers have cursed the nation with drug pushers and hustlers who think streetsmarts is real smarts. You evil doers have cursed the nation with alcoholics, wine down culture and wife beaters. Fortunately central bank governors - people who live in the real world - turn to us for advice. And organisations like the FL democratic party depends on us for opinions and advice. No one requires the opinion of a con man and hustler and minibus tout.  

Look how you are silly. This thread is not about low quality call center jobs service jobs. Those ought to be outsourced and will be outsourced domestically and internationally. Example, ADP is a local outsourcing of payroll activities. China will continue to be the center for low quality manufacturing. That is not in doubt. The evidence shows that US will continue to play a bigger and bigger role in high-value manufacturing - medical goods, heavy machines, airplanes, weapons, precision machines, cars/trucks, etc. Wage is not the only variable for high end manufacturing.  

Dementia Guy like he still got the hots for Dr. TK. 

Imagine a relative failure like yourself have the never to call some of the most successful entrepreneurs in america trivial?

Billionaire Mark Cuban, owner and chairman of HDNet and outspoken owner of the 2010-2011 NBA championship Dallas Mavericks, returns as a Shark and appears in all 13 episodes. Also, Lori Greiner, a prolific inventor of retail products and often referred to as the "Queen of QVC," will join the show as a guest Shark investor for three episodes.

Returning "Sharks" joining Cuban and Greiner are real estate mogul Barbara Corcoran, technology innovator Robert Herjavec, fashion and branding expert Daymond John and venture capitalist Kevin O'Leary, who we all know has also been called Mr. Wonderful (by himself, of course).

In case you didn't realize, the call centers is just an example of the same trend that will happen to all other jobs that are already outsourced. The IT industry have been decimated by outsourcing. So has the manufacturing, how high value can you get than the Iphone, it does not sell for $1 or even $100. You need to get out from behind your desk and experience the real world. 

You missed completely what TK said. That is not surprising since you are a goat. His point is that high value manufacture is located here, will remain here and will increase in market share. 

And you jonny come lately to the party missed the part where I showed that one of the most high tech product, the Iphone is being manufactured in China. ahahahaha

Dude, Apple's gadgets are not manufactured in China. They are assembled or fabricated. They are conceptualized and designed in the US. Parts come from Taiwan and South Korea. These are shipped to a subsidized factory in China for assembly. Assembled computers, iPhones, iPads, etc, are then shipped to the US for branding and marketing. China only receives about $5 for each phone. Most of the wealth is generated in and stays in the US. You are not making any sense. You have not named one great global Chinese brand yet.

IT industry decimated? Is that why Tata's IT arm and WIPRO established units here. You are reasoning like a Jagdeoite. No wonder why Guyana is in such crap today. Manufacturing decimated? I flew on a Boeing 737-800 a few days ago and is thinking of buying a Lincoln MKZ Hybrid. You got to be joking. 

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har de har har har har!!

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1357...ine-for-iphone-ipad/

Apple uses U.S.-made 'engine' for iPhone, iPad

The single most important internal component for the iPhone and iPad is already manufactured in the U.S.

Oi Goadiebanna, I heard something about you bein a goat, true dat?

It look so to me you know. You does get beat up over one thing you then respond with the same stupidy lines you tend to use, then you get beat up again.

Yep, you's a goat.

Hahahah. B_Gurd nah know wah foh say. A true he a de Raj pun de Guysuco? Dem dis a run sugah in abie country?

How come our old friend Henry not pampazetting on this thread?