The Institute for Supply Management's Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) was 53.1 percent in January, an increase of 2.9 percentage points from December's seasonally adjusted reading of 50.2 percent, indicating expansion in US manufacturing ...
US manufacturing activity continues to grow steadily, buoyed by an increase in new orders and blue collar employment. The Institute for Supply Management index of manufacturing activity rose to 53.1 in January from 50.2 in December. ...
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In January, non-manufacturing purchasing manager index was 56.2 percent, a slight increase of 0.1 percentage points over the previous month. In view of different industries, non-manufacturing purchasing manager index of construction ...
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Non-manufacturing economic activity remained in healthy territory, growing for the 37th consecutive month, according to the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). In its monthly Non-Manufacturing Report on Business, the ISM reported that ...
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The government of the state of Western Australia has announced that it has approved proposals by Australia-based miner Rio Tinto to expand its iron ore operations and build a major new power station in the Pilbara region, clearing the way ...
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Uninterrupted electricity supply to the textile mills on independent feeders in Punjab is being restored with effect from 6th February 2013, said Chairman All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) Punjab Shahzad Ali Khan Monday. The ...
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Tech employment posted a large increase last month, despite a generally soft employment gain overall, according to two separate reports. The U.S. economy added 157,000 jobs in January, but IT accounted for 22,100 of those jobs, according ...
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Local shares reversed an intraday rise yesterday as caution about upcoming corporate earnings eclipsed data indicating continued improvement in Australia's two biggest trading partners. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index closed down 0.3 per ...
China's purchasing managers' index (PMI) for its domestic manufacturing sector was at 50.4 percent in January, down 0.2 percentage points compared to December last year, according to the figures released by China’s National Bureau of ...
National secretary of the Transport Workers' Union (TWU) Tony Sheldon said revelations from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) that it did not investigate the impact the proposed Qantas/Emirates alliance will have on ...
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Weaker-than-expected Chinese manufacturing data sent the dollar lower today, ahead of all-important US employment figures due overnight. China's official Purchasing Managers Index fell to 50.4 in January from 50.6 in December, lower than ...
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The sharemarket rose after a report showed falling interest rates were lifting parts of the nation's housing market, while manufacturing data from China indicated that an economic recovery remained on track. BHP Billiton, the world's ...
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The firm, which makes leak detection and de-blistering machines said that sales of its equipment, which includes the recently launched tool-less non-destructive blister pack inspection machine Visionscan, are up 40% in the last financial ...
In January, China's manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI) was 50.4 percent, down by 0.2 percentage points month-on-month, still above the threshold. In view of the sizes of enterprises, the PMI of large-sized enterprises was ...
Manufacturing growth began 2013 on a strong note in January, according to the January Manufacturing report on Business from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). The PMI, the index used by the ISM to measure manufacturing activity, ...
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