Media Minute— a weekly dispatch of local, national and world news impacting West Virginia’s manufacturing industry.

West Virgnia

Shale Crescent USA Wants To Rebrand Region
Wheeling Intelligencer
The group's primary goal is to attract new, high-paying manufacturing jobs to the area atop those layers of shale, including parts of Ohio, West Virginia ...

Ohio Valley is best choice in the world to locate a cracker plant, says one organization
WTRF
Joe Eddy, president and CEO of Eagle Manufacturing, said this area has a unique advantage. "You can position a manufacturing plant right on top of ...

Commissioner calls for utility companies to withdraw requests for rate-hikes
WSAZ-TV
Kent Carper is asking West Virginia American Water and Appalachian Power to withdraw rate increases that they submitted before the tax reform was ...

West Virginia's Golden Triangle, the State's best kept secret
WV News
West Virginia has tremendous potential to become a major player in the national economy, especially as it relates to manufacturing. ... Putnam and Mason — are all served by a substantial natural gas and chemicalpipeline network.

Local education institutions forge partnership to provide new careers for West Virginia
WBOY-TV
... University, and the Robert C. Byrd Institute have announced a partnership to provide new manufacturing careers across North-Central West Virginia.

Making business a family affair is secret to Kreinik Manufacturing success
WV News
Editor's Note: The following story is part of a continuing series on successful West Virginia businesses, brought to you by NCWV Media and ...

Senator says millions of jobs have been created
WTRF
(WTRF) - West Virginia Senator Shelley Moore Capito said she's pleased with the economy ... and Capito said more than 1 million have been added since the tax reform bill. ... West Virginia is well positioned to take advantage of this.

United States

Trump calls for elimination of tariffs, end to US being world's 'piggy bank'
CNN
(CNN) President Donald Trump on Saturday said he wanted to see the ... Manufacturing, an industry Trump focuses on, makes up about 10% of US ...

Trade war fears, iPhone worries weigh on Wall Street
Reuters
(Reuters) - U.S. stock indexes dipped on Friday as fears over a trade war escalated ahead of the G7 summit in Canada and shares of Apple and its ...

White House's Nafta Approach Frustrates Businesses, Panicked Emails Show
New York Times
Documents show corporations and trade groups — such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers, or NAM ...

US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said to favour less sweeping investmentcurbs on China
South China Morning Post
The US Treasury Department wants President Donald Trump to rely on legislation to tighten scrutiny of Chinese investments in America instead of an ...

American Chemistry Council projects positive outlook for US chemical industry
gasworld|
According to the American Chemistry Council's (ACC) Mid-Year 2018 Chemical Industry Situation and Outlook, the US chemical industry is set for a ...