The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) reported Thursday that economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in July for the second consecutive month, and the overall economy grew for the 50th consecutive month. The Purchasing ...
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Manufacturing activity in July continued its solid turnaround since dropping to its lowest levels since June 2009 in May, according to the Institute for Supply Management's monthly Manufacturing ISM Report on Business. The PMI, the index ...
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Access Fixtures upgraded its LED flood lights introducing the latest RTL series, which is supported by Toshiba LED technology. Featuring 25% greater light output than previous LED flood lights, the new products further improve its ...
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Non-manufacturing activity took a dip in June but remained in growth territory, according to the June edition of the Institute of Supply Management's (ISM) Non-Manufacturing Report on Business. ISM said that the index used to measure ...
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The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) reported Monday that its Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) registered 50.9 percent in June, an increase of 1.9 percentage points from May's reading of 49 percent, indicating expansion in the ...
The Australian dollar has opened firmer despite some positive US manufacturing activity data. At 6.30am AEST the local unit was trading at 92.36 US cents, up from 91.99 cents at yesterday’s local close. The currency regained ...
Non-manufacturing activity continued to remain in growth territory, according to data released by the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) today. The ISM's monthly Non-Manufacturing Report on Business said that the index used by the ISM ...
Manufacturing activity in May contracted for the first time since November 2012, according to the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). The PMI, the index used by the ISM to measure manufacturing activity—at 49 in May was down 1.7 ...
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Mondi stated that this will be the first industrial bags plant to be based in Iraq and will serve the growing cement industry which is rebuilding the country. Together with local partner, Kaso Group, this Greenfield project is set to ...
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The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) reported today that while showing a bit of a decline overall, non-manufacturing activity in April remained in growth mode. The ISM's monthly Non-Manufacturing Report on Business stated that the ...
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The Institute for Supply Management's (ISM) Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) registered 50.7 percent, a decrease of 0.6 percentage point from March's reading of 51.3 percent, but still indicating expansion in manufacturing for the fifth ...
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The sharemarket has closed 0.7 per cent lower, with concerns about global economic growth pulling down resources stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 36.2 points, or 0.7 per cent, at 5130.0 points. The broader All Ordinaries ...
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Shares were punished yesterday as investors worried about resources stocks being hit by global economic concerns, and the dollar was also sharply lower on the increased likelihood of an imminent cut in the official cash rate. The ...
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In an earlier column, we discussed a framework for risk identification. With the understanding that risk lies at the intersection of vulnerability (specific points of weakness in the supply chain) and exposure (financial or production ...
US stocks started the second quarter down, pressured by disappointing manufacturing data, after the Dow industrials and S&P500 capped off the first quarter with records. The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 5.69 points, or less than ...
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