Manufacturing

Markets finished Friday up for the fourth straight day, and the S&P 500 finished less than half a percentage point down from the day before Britain's historic vote. (AP Photo)

U.S. economy skates through Brexit unscathed

Joseph Lawler · July 3, 2016 4:01 am

The stricter smog standards are out of touch with current industrial practices, industry group says. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Energy and Environment

Manufacturers tell Congress to slow smog regulations

Kyle Feldscher · June 7, 2016 3:18 pm

Donald Trump’s Briefing Book: Economic insecurity

Timothy P. Carney · June 6, 2016 4:01 am

Lawmakers believe machines will potentially replace humans in jobs ranging from factory work to the medical field. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Lawmakers: ‘Robot revolution’ is coming

Joel Gehrke · May 26, 2016 9:29 pm

If you go back in history, you will find much greater regional differences in wages between North and South. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Beltway Confidential

Does the data back up assertion that unions boost wages substantially?

Michael Barone · May 13, 2016 5:14 pm

Trump suggests that although he himself may not have all the answers, his skills as a businessman can make him successful where other presidents have failed. We have our doubts. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Close the deal, don’t close the economy

Washington Examiner · May 10, 2016 4:21 am

In the 1970s, Gary's steel works employed 30,000 people. But by the Clinton era, the number working there was 6,000. Today it's about 5,000 and shrinking. (AP Photo/Michael S. Green, File)

Beltway Confidential

A tale of two Indianas

David Freddoso · May 1, 2016 1:25 pm

New Balance says promised sneaker contracts from the Pentagon never happened. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Why New Balance is pulling its support for trade deal

Anna Giaritelli · April 13, 2016 11:54 pm

Trump touts terrific tariff to fix manufacturing job loss in New York

Trump touts terrific tariff to fix manufacturing job loss in New York

Kyle Feldscher · April 10, 2016 9:20 pm

A report Wednesday showed that investments tied to plentiful and affordable shale natural gas and natural gas liquids, or NGLs, has topped $164 billion. (J.G. Domke/Bloomberg News)

Chemical industry invests big in wake of shale boom

John Siciliano · April 6, 2016 9:01 pm

Ford wants "improve the profitability of our small-car lineup," said Joe Hinrichs, its president of the Americas. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

UAW slams Ford’s plan for Mexican plant

Keith Naughton · April 5, 2016 7:11 pm

"Lightweight sensors, woven into the nylon of parachutes, will be able to catch small tears that otherwise would expand in midair, risking paratroopers' lives." (AP Photo/Mauel Balce Ceneta, File)

National Security

Pentagon to announce new textile partnership in Boston

Jacqueline Klimas · April 1, 2016 4:01 am