October retail sales data released this week by the United States Department of Commerce and the National Retail Federation (NRF) were down sequentially and up annually. The Department of Commerce reported that October retail sales at ...
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Lojas Renner S.A., the second largest apparel department store in Brazil, Management Comments The results for this third quarter reflect the consistency of the Company's view held since early 2012 of acceleration in economic activity in ...
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Following three straight months of declining manufacturing output,the Institute for Supply Management(ISM)reported today that the manufacturing sector grew in October for the second straight month. The PMI,the index used by the ISM to ...
Gov. Bev Perdue announced that Fendrich Industries Inc, a manufacturer of textiles and printed cloth fabrics, will expand its operations by locating a new division in Polk County. The company plans to create 23 jobs and invest $740,000 ...
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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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Furniture Insights Monthly Results New Furniture Orders As we expected in last month's issue of Furniture Insights, new orders in May improved significantly over April orders according to our recent survey of residential furniture ...
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The Bank of Israel is using Google search data to find clues to the state of the Israeli economy,analysing keyword counts reported by Google,before it releases its own official statistics. And the Bank of England,the Federal Reserve in ...
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Profit for the quarter stands at INR 467 million The Board of Directors of SKF India Limited, India's leading technology and solutions provider of bearings, seals, lubrication systems, mechatronics and services, has approved the unaudited ...
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Ephesus EG4™ LED Chip is first completely developed and manufactured in New York state Ephesus, a Syracuse-based nanotechnology company formed by former Lockheed Martin employees, has partnered with Group4 Labs, based at the College ...
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Following is the text of U. S. Non-manufacturing conditions from the Institute for Supply Management. Economic activity in the non-manufacturing sector grew in March for the 27th consecutive month, say the nation’s purchasing and ...
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Warren Buffett’s pursuit of bigger acquisitions makes companies from Stanley Black & Decker Inc. (SWK) to Parker Hannifin Corp. the most attractive takeover targets, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Berkshire Hathaway ...
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The general slight flattening in economic activity has also been reflected in slightly slacker demand for load carriers in the past few weeks. The tapering out of seasonal influences and the usual lower stocks in the industry at the end of ...
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JACKSONVILLE _ (Editor's note: This is the sixth in a series of stories looking at the cause and impact of the Drought of 2011.) Trees. The word is almost synonymous with East Texas. Stately piney woods and lush vegetation are constants in ...
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Pipe demand in Oman is weak as economic activity is slowing due to the upcoming Ramadan period and summer holidays. Prices are unchanged from mid-July but a small increase in pipe making raw material costs is squeezing producers' profit ...
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