Manufacturing shrinks for first time in 3.5 years
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U.S. factory activity shrank in  November for the first time in 3-1/2 years as new orders,  production and employment fell and prices paid rose, according  to a survey published on Friday.
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UK manufacturing grew at its slowest rate in 18 months during January, a survey says, prompting fears a recovery is running out of steam.
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Britain's manufacturing industries experienced an unexpected drop in output in August, the first time since January 2002 that output has fallen for three months in a row.
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Nonfarm payroll employment falls for the first time since 2003.
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U.S. manufacturing growth slowed in  June and construction spending in May unexpectedly staged its  biggest drop since September 2004, data showed on Monday,  adding to signs the economy is cooling.
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Hopes for a bullish start to the year for stocks faded after a key measure of manufacturing activity unexpectedly fell in December to its lowest level since 2003.
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New orders at U.S. factories fell a smaller-than-forecast 0.5 percent in May, logging the first decline in four months.
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New orders at U.S. factories fell  4.7 percent in October, the biggest fall in more than six years  and marking the third drop in four months, while inventories  rose again suggesting growing slack in the economy, a  government report said on Tuesday.
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Job trimming at technology companies took off during the past three months, according to a new report.
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The fabled heart of the city's largest manufacturing industry continues to shrink, buffeted by cheap labor overseas, rising rents and an exodus of skilled workers.
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US manufacturing grew at a slower pace in September, as new orders slowed, a private industry survey showed. Manufacturing ``has cooled from the blistering pace, though activity remains
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In the first such loss in four years, 17,000 jobs were shed in January.
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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- The latest corporate overhaul by Nortel Networks will shear the company of all its manufacturing operations and leave it with 70 percent fewer workers than it had four years ago.
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The growth in manufacturing eased in August to a pace that is consistent with the recent cooling in the economy.
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The UK&#39;s economic growth slowed in the third quarter as manufacturing output declined, preliminary data has shown. Gross domestic output (GDP) increased 0.4% in the three months to 18 October, according to
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Britain's manufacturing recovery stuttered in the third quarter, weighed down by a slowdown in demand and the surging cost of raw materials, the country's leading business grouping said.
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Stocks fell after a report said factory activity shrank in the mid-Atlantic region in September for the first time in more than three years.