PHILADELPHIA—Manufacturing in the Philadelphia region expanded at faster pace in January as employment picked up and factories grew more optimistic about business in the next six months.
WASHINGTON—The United States remains the global leader in supporting science and technology research and development, but only by a slim margin that could soon be overtaken by rapidly increasing Asian investments in knowledge-intensive economies. So suggests a new report by the National Science Board.
LOWER MACUNGIE TOWNSHIP, PA—Dozens of workers were forced out into the cold by a fire at the Mack Trucks assembly plant here. Six people were treated for smoke inhalation, and another person suffered chest pains.
Airbus may build a final assembly line in the United States to increase its visibility in North America and buoy sales in the world’s No. 1 market for single-aisle planes, an executive has said.