WASHINGTON -- The Department of Defense won't be joining the ranks of semiconductor manufacturers, no matter how rampant the problem of counterfeit components is.

WASHINGTON -- US manufacturing technology orders declined in January, dropping 40.7% compared to December and 11.4% compared to a year ago, according to the latest US Manufacturing Technology Orders report from AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology.

GUANGZHOU – Foxconn chairman Terry Gou suggested plans to invest in the US may not happen in the near future as a result of labor issues and a lack of incentives, according to published reports.

WESTBOROUGH, MA -- Neo Tech has purchased a 25-acre lot in the western Boston suburbs for $10 million.