More than one million jobs have now been lost in US manufacturing since last year.

U.S. manufacturing is following the labor costs around the world.

"We have finally reached the stage where the dollar has fallen enough to make U.S. manufacturing competitive."

U.S. manufacturing has its best month since last August.

"If one of these days the decline in the dollar finally reawakens U.S. manufacturing, then you'll have a boom," he added.

Its U.S. manufacturing facilities were converted to offices, warehouses and distribution centers.

According to its most recent figures, baseball's return on sales was 10.6 percent in 1990, well above the 6.3 percent average in U.S. manufacturing.

The review addressed strengthening national security while maximizing the competitiveness of key U.S. manufacturing and technology sectors.

The estimates in table 10.1 suggest that even in 1970 US manufacturing was still about twice as productive as its rivals.

Immunex keeps U.S. manufacturing and marketing; Kodak gets rest of world.