Gift-buying trends revealed at the New York International Gift Fair showed that consumers are still focused on value, but less leery of spending. Signs of the brighter mood were everywhere, from the color palettes to the growth in personal pampering products.
Investors have been aggressively buying shares of LED lighting company Cree. But while the technology is ramping up and the stock has come off its highs, now may not be time to buy.
California's Lunera Lighting is a cutting-edge LED maker that's using a contract manufacturer in the East Bay, near San Francisco. Its reasons for doing so shed light on some forces that could aid other U.S. manufacturers in the race for global competitiveness.
