Manufacturing

Things may be better in Europe than we thought.

Milllions of textile workers still work in unsafe conditions four months after the Rana Plaza factory near Dhaka collapsed, causing 1,100 workers to lose their lives. There is much pressure for change, however.

First Solar, Inc., has branched out into planning and building large-scale solar power. That strategy has helped the American company rise above plummeting prices for solar panels.

Manufacturing activity grew last month to its highest level in two years. But is it producing jobs you can raise a family on?

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.