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Optimism in the economy continues to pick up steam, though that optimism is tempered for many by the fact that we still have a long way to go. Each measurement of the economy's strength is impacted by several others.
During diversified manufacturer 3M's 2010 Outlook meeting earlier this month, CEO George Buckley called it a "chicken-and-egg" scenario. Determining which measure signifies recovery can be difficult. Is it when unemployment …
October 2009 sales of merchant wholesalers, except manufacturers' sales branches and offices, after adjustment for seasonal variations and trading-day differences but not for price changes, were $326.2 billion, up 1.2 percent from the revised September level, but down 9.6 percent from October 2008. October sales of durable goods were up 0.8 percent from last month, but were down 11.1 percent from a year ago. Sales of computer and computer …
The September Inflation Index, which measures a cross-section of industrial supplies, was up 0.14% from the previous month, and up 1.35% from September 2008.
Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI Latin America Manufacturing Outlook anticipates manufacturing output to rebound in 2010.
MDM's list of the biggest players in the merger & acquisition landscape for 2009, including W. W. Grainger and Motion Industries.
The three-month moving average – CFNAI-MA3 – improved to -0.77.
Duncan Industrial will continue to operate the ATS locations in New Jersey to support customers in the Eastern U.S.
Motion will buy the North American assets of BC Bearing, which has C$185 million in annual sales.
MDM's list of headline-makers in 2009.
A.E. Petsche supplies interconnect products to aerospace and defense markets.
