DATA VIEW: Singapore Aug Indus Output Below Expectations
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SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--Singapore&#39;s industrial output rose a smaller-than-expected 5.3% on year in August, as the production of pharmaceuticals fell sharply from a high base a year ago.
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New orders at factories rose a smaller-than-expected 0.3 percent in April, the weakest showing since January, on a sharp drop in aircraft orders, a Commerce Department report showed on Monday.
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South Koreaâs industrial output rose in April, helped by increased exports of chips and cars. Manufacturing production jumped 3.1 percent from March, the largest gain in seven months, the National Statistical Office said. Output rose 6.7 percent from a year earlier. Corporate investment in factories surged 15.6 percent in April from a year earlier, the biggest gain since September 2006, the report showed. The figures also showed an index of economic indicators climbed 5.1 percent in April from a year earlier after rising 4.9 percent in March.
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US manufacturing expanded at a slower pace in August as fewer companies reported an increase in orders and production. Construction spending rose to a record in July, private and government reports showed.
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Manufacturing output climbed in June, official data has shown, but at a slower pace than had been forecast by analysts.
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SINGAPORE : Singapore&#39;s unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level in five years on the back of strong economic growth in the first half of the year, the government said Monday.
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Asian stocks mostly rose on Monday,  as steel makers such as POSCO gained on the prospect of global  industry consolidation, but Japan&#039;s Nikkei closed lower amid  jitters ahead of industrial output data.
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Equity markets are stifled by lower-than-expected numbers in the government&#39;s report on gross domestic product. BY MICHAEL J. MARTINEZ.
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SINGAPORE Singapore&#39;s unemployment rate fell to its lowest in more than three years in the third quarter, the government said Monday, as manufacturers and service companies increased investment in the city-state, creating new jobs.
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Singapore&#39;s industrial production unexpectedly shrank in August as companies such as Pfizer Inc. produced fewer drugs and electronics&#39; output slowed.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- Output at US factories, mines and utilities rose by 0.4 percent in July, nearly recovering from a 0.5 percent plunge in June, the Federal Reserve said on Tuesday.
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Singapore says it hopes to double manufacturing output in 15 years even as regional competition heats up from lower-cost rivals such as fast-growing China and India.
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New orders at factories rose a  smaller-than-expected 0.3 percent in April, the weakest showing  since January, on a sharp drop in aircraft orders, a Commerce  Department report showed on Monday.
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SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--Singapore hoteliers Monday reported damages to their resorts in Phuket in Thailand and the Maldives, though the impact appeared relatively minor.
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NEW YORK - Stocks were modestly lower in Friday as investors sorted through an uninspiring employment report and Intel Corp.'s weak profit outlook hit technology shares hard.    Investors were satisfied with - but not impressed by - the Labor Department's latest reading on unemployment, which fell to 5.4 percent from 5.5 percent in July, and the 144,000 jobs created in August was close to the 150,000 Wall Street had expected...
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Chartered Semiconductor's process validated, sources claim Singapore's Chartered Semiconductor looks set to continue its foundry partnership with AMD into the 65nm era, if industry-insider claims that the chip maker has validated Chartered's 65nm production facility.â¦
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TOKYO : Japanese industrial output rose only 0.3 percent in August, suggesting after a series of recent weak data that the recovery in the world&#39;s second-largest economy is slowing, economists said on Thursday.