(Reuters) - Railroad shipments of lumber are gaining momentum, signaling a construction upturn that should drive up shipping volume of consumer products from appliances to furniture. This mounting demand for construction and household goods ...
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U. S. Construction equipment exports increased 43 percent in 2011 compared to the previous year for a total $23.5 billion of machinery shipped to other nations, according to the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM). This follows ...
Wright Express Corp., a provider of value-based business payment processing and information management solutions, in collaboration with IHS, a global source of information and analysis, has released results of its Wright Express ...
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Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) posted fourth- quarter profit that beat analysts’ estimates and said Wall Street projections for this year were too conservative, lifting the stock market and bolstering expectations the world economy will ...
Manufacturing in the U. S. Grew in January at the fastest pace in seven months, adding to signs of a global pickup from Germany to China. The Institute for Supply Management’s index climbed to 54.1, from 53.1 in December, the Tempe, ...
The amount contractors pay for a range of key construction materials held steady in September in the United States but climbed 8.1 percent from the year-earlier level, according to an analysis of producer price index figures released by the ...
For abrasives manufacturers working in the US construction industry, the forecast for next year is that housing and commercial building construction starts may improve, but will be offset by weakness in the public works and institutional ...
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