The National Lighting Bureau(NLB)reports that second-quarter 2012 NEMA Lighting Systems Index(LSI)performance gained almost 3%over first-quarter 2012's performance and 6.6%over second-quarter 2011's.NLB Executive Director John Bachner ...
In a decision likely to be sobering for companies fighting insider threats, an appeals court has ruled that an employee who used his valid computer access rights to access data from his employer can't be prosecuted under a federal ...
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The index ISM uses to measure non-manufacturing growth—known as the NMI—was 53.7 in August,up 1.1 percent from July and slightly below the 12-month average of 53.9.A reading above 50 represents growth.With the August NMI ...
Manufacturing growth in August remained as it had been in the previous two months—sluggish. The PMI,the index used by the Institute for Supply Management(ISM)to measure manufacturing activity,was 49.6 in August,which is 0.2 ...
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In August, non-manufacturing purchasing manager index was 56.3 percent, 0.7 percentage points higher than that in the previous month, still staying above the threshold. In view of different industries, the purchasing manager index of ...
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In August, China's manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI) was 49.2 percent, down by 0.9 percentage points month-on-month. In view of the sizes of enterprises, the PMI of large-sized enterprises was 49.1 percent, decreased 1.2 ...
Tags: Service, PMI, Statistics of China
The sawmill Holzindustrie Lenzing will be terminating production of soft-wood lumber, planed products, finger-jointed structural timber, and solid wooden boards at the facility in Upper Austria. Lumber production is to end on 30 September ...
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Despite a steady rise in retail spending, Australian retailers are still feeling the effects of low levels of consumer sentiment, driven by economic uncertainty and low job security. Retail sales growth over the past six months has been ...
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Disability activists intend to protest against Olympic sponsor and IT supplier Atos Origin for the way it carries out work capability assessments. Activists say Atos mistreats disabled people when assessing them for disability employment ...
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America's tool and die companies find themselves in an odd place. On the one hand, according to a Congressional report, one-third of all tool, die and mold businesses have gone under since 1998, according to a report done for the U.S. ...
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A mega cement manufacturing plant and a 50 MW captive power generation unit will be set up at Burigpally and Ghanapur, in Chincholi taluk. The decision was made after Shiva Shankar Minerals Limited approached the government on establishing ...
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Computerworld - HP CEO Meg Whitman is telling the company's India workers that they won't be hit by HP's plans to cuts its global workforce. In India, Whitman was interviewed by the Economic Times, and said this: "We are not reducing our ...
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Hain Daniels plans to expand its frozen food factory at Fakenham,Norfolk,UK-a move which is expected to create 150 new jobs. This announcement comes after the$230m acquisition of Daniels Group by US-owned Hains Celestial in October ...
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Iran Daily reported that some 24.443 million tonnes of cement were produced during the first 4 months of the current Iranian year. According to the report released by the public relations office of the Industries, Mines and Trade Ministry, ...
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Construction employment increased in just half the states plus the District of Columbia from June 2011 to June 2012, but declined in a slim majority of states in the past month, according to an analysis of Labor Department data by the ...
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