Manufacturing Orders Rose in April

BottleBob · 2009-05-31T07:35:12+00:00

To All: Here are some excerpts from an article in Cutting Tool Engineering:====================================================== May 28, 2009 In a sign that business investment may be stabilizing, orders for goods like metals, machinery and electronic equipment picked up in April, the government reported on Thursday.The New York Times The Commerce Department said orders for durable goods rose 1.9 percent last month, by $3 billion to a total of $161.5 billion. That was a larger increase than expected, but it came after a sharp drop of 2.1 percent in March. Excluding military orders, the number of new durable goods orders increased 1 percent. By some measures, economists have said, a sharp decline in industrial output and business activity is beginning to level off. Construction spending rose modestly in March, and some home builders are beginning to feel a bit more optimistic. ?The absolute worst is over, but what we have now is still quite bad,? Ian Shepherdson, chief United States economist at High Frequency Economics, wrote in a research note. ?Just about the only thing we can say with real confidence is that the headlong plunge in orders after the Lehman bankruptcy is over.?======================================================

May 31, 2009 25 Replies

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John R. Carroll 17 years ago

Wouldn't go through. goofmail bounced my reply as spam, I think.

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John R. Carroll 17 years ago

You'd think that was far enough. LOL

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Proctologically ViolatedÂ©Â® 17 years ago

Holy S*it, between the cat post and this, I can tell this is going to be a good day!

How can this be made bigger?

Barn DEFINITELY has to put this with the "jb collection".

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However, I don't think the surgery will be successful. If they somehow do manage to pull jb's head out of his ass, I'm sure the ass will come along with it. Either way jb will be talking s*it for the rest of his life.

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Uhh Clem 17 years ago

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Jon, can you please post a link to some of these auctions you've been blabbering about for the last few months? I'm beginning to get the feeling you're just outright lying, again.

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clutch 17 years ago

Do you accept Baptist prayers for a good outcome? If you don't too bad, you got one.

Wes

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BottleBob 17 years ago

Cheap machine here:

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