Market Updates

Haviland news and market updates from around the globe.

2/25/11

Jim Womack: How Toyota rose and fell

Source: CNNmoney.com

By Alex Taylor III, senior editor at largeFebruary 25, 2011: 5:33 AM ET FORTUNE -- Toyota was only half the size of General Motors in 1990 when The Machine that Changed the World, the first book describing the Toyota production system, was published. Today, of course, Toyota is the world's preeminent automaker and Machine's lead author, Jim Womack, has spent the last two decades explaining how it got there. From his unique position, he also predicted its fall.

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2/17/11

U.S. to China: Invest in our debt, not our companies

Source: CNNMoney.com
U.S. to China: Invest in our debt, not our companies

FORTUNE -- Washington lawmakers have been griping about the value of China's yuan, but that issue is likely to take a backseat in the coming years as the world's second-largest economy looks to invest more abroad.

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2/02/11

Feb. 2, 2011 Haviland Closed today due to poor weather.

Source: Haviland News

Haviland Enterprises will be closed today, February 2nd, 2011 due to poor weather. Haviland plans to be open Thursday, February 3rd, but some out-bound deliveries may be delayed.

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