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TMTA's 77th Annual Golf Outing & Dinner
When: Thursday, June 21, 2012
Where: Fox Hills Golf Club in Plymouth, MI
Registration begins at 8:30am with continental breakfast. Driving range opens at 8:30am. Scramble style golf with a shotgun start at 10:00am. Lunch on the turn with beer, sodas, water and snacks served on the course and an open bar in the clubhouse. All followed by hors d'oeuvres, dinner and prizes galore!
Remember: Return your reservation form to TMTA today to receive a ticket discount and preferred tee assignment.
Tee assignments will be made in the order that ticket requests are received.
We look forward to seeing you!
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act calls for a Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) to be provided to health care participants and beneficiaries with the open enrollment periods that begin on or after 9/23/12.
Website links for more information:
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TMTA Backs H.R. 639:
TMTA Fights for You for Currency Reform
H.R. 639, if it becomes law, will amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relating to a fundamentally undervalued currency of any foreign country.
Previous legislation (H.R. 2378) passed the House but did not pass the Senate. H.R. 639 begins the process again.
TMTA has been active in efforts to add co-sponsors to the existing members of the House of Representative listed on H.R. 639.
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From ClickOnDetroit.com--news just in time for the Golf Outing:
Protect Yourself From Buying Counterfeit Golf Clubs
Golfers beware: the deal you think you're getting on a new driver or set of irons could really cost you. Full article
From Manufacturing & Technology News:
Everything Is 'Made In The World': WTO Is One Step Closer To Eliminating Country-Of-Origin Labels
The label on products Americans purchase that names the country in which they are made may soon be gone. Full article
'Who Captures Value in Global Supply Chains? Case Nokia N95 Smartphone'
Available statistics biases the true picture of the current stage of globalization, which is characterized by widespread outsourcing and offshoring. Our concern is that these flaws in available measures may lead to misguided policies in both the developed and developing countries, hurting both country groups. Case Nokia N95 Smartphone', and we summarize our main arguments here. Full article
From IndustryWeek:
Justice Department Confiscates $1.5 Million in Proceeds from Online Sales of Counterfeit Goods from China
The move was the latest effort to target commercial intellectual property crime on the Internet, as part of the U.S. government's 'Operation In Our Sites,' officials said. Full article
From ABC News:
Texting While Walking Banned in New Jersey Town
Avid texters beware: Fort Lee, N.J. police said they will begin issuing $85 jaywalking tickets to pedestrians who are caught texting while walking. Full article
From American Machinist:
U.S. Machine Tool Orders Rose 11.3% in March
Orders for new machine tools and related technology rose 11.3% in March, to $495.97 million versus $444.06 million in February, and brought the first quarter of 2012 to a close with orders totaling $1.356 billion, a 12.9% improvement over the first-quarter total for 2011. However, the latest month’s total represents a 1.4% drop compared with March 2011 result of $502.89 million. Full article
From Crains Detroit Business:
New challenge for Rush: Leading a Detroit-based joint venture that will take on $700 million in business from Ford Motor Co. is Andra Rush, CEO of Rush Group Ltd., which owns 55 percent of the new venture.Andra Rush has a history of capitalizing on opportunities -- from growing a meager trucking company funded by personal credit cards into a $115 million operation to creating an interiors joint venture with Canadian supplier Magna International Inc. Full article
From MLive News:
What does your small business need to get a bank loan? lending institutions will tell you 5/24/12
Representatives of 10 lending institutions will meet with interested entrepreneurs and small business people on May 24 to talk about loans to start or expand a small business. The gathering, sponsored by the Michigan Small Business and Technology Development Center and SCORE (the Service Corps of retired Executives) is set for 9 a.m. to noon at the Haworth College of Business at Western Michigan University (Schneider Hall). Full article
From Economic Policy Institute:
CEO pay and the top 1%: How executive compensation and financial-sector pay have fueled income inequalityGrowing income inequality has a number of sources, but a distinct aspect of rising inequality in the United States is the wage gap between the very highest earners--those in the upper 1.0 percent or even upper 0.1 percent--and other earners, including other high-wage earners. Driving this ever-widening gap is the unequal growth in earnings enjoyed by those at the top. Full article
From Slate News:
Should We Ship American Coal to China?
The brewing fight over the construction of Pacific Coast coal ports could determine the health of an industry--and the planet. Full article
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Learn Continuous Chest Compression CPR
You can lessen this recurring loss by learning Continuous Chest Compression CPR, a hands-only CPR method that doubles a person's chance of surviving cardiac arrest.
It's easy and does not require mouth-to-mouth contact, making it more likely bystanders will try to help, and it was developed at the University of Arizona College of Medicine.
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TMTA encourages you to patronize the companies on our page who manufacture items in the USA. Click on the flag below.
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21st Century Trade Agreement Principles
We simply cannot afford to have only multinationals influencing our government's trade policy. Your company signature gives the Coalition for a Prosperous America more clout before trade officials and Congress to influence future trade deals so America can benefit.
If you are an authorized representative of your business/organization (no individuals), please add your business/organization name to this document.
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Death by China
Confronting the Dragon -
A Global Call to Action
by: Peter Navarro &
Greg Autry
Soon to be the world's largest economy, China is attacking on every front, with every available weapon - from protectionism and currency manipulation to cyber attacks and espionage. Around the globe, China is also doing whatever it takes to capture crucial resources - even if it means promoting nuclear proliferation by the world's most dangerous regimes.
An incredible and incredibly shameful story, Death by China tells it alll. But understanding the reality of China's assault on America is only the beginning. Leading economists Peter Navarro and Greg Autry offer a complete plan for suviving the global power shift China has already engineered - and halting the Dragon's onslaught before it's too late.
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Support Fixing America's Economy (Part 2)
Last year 300 associations, companies and concerned citizens signed the Fixing America's Economy document. It is more important than ever for political leaders and candidates to take action.
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