Know Your Numbers: Durable Goods
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Basic knowledge can help you comprehend releases of economic data.
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You can learn a lot from a holiday shopping bellwether.
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Poverty can be quite educational. When you've got only so much money to spend, you'll think carefully about the goods you're buying.
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Looking beyond the market's favorite metric.
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Orders increased at US factories in August for a range of durable goods, including automobiles, metals and communications equipment, evidence manufacturing will help drive the economic expansion.
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Orders for U.S. durable goods fell  unexpectedly in August but beat forecasts once transportation  equipment was stripped out, government data showed on Friday in  evidence the economy is again pumping strongly.
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-- Communicate with the seller  -- Read
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Cool products can make for bad investments.
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Investor's Business Daily - New orders at U.S. factories rose a more-than-expected 1.5% in Nov., despite the credit crunch and housing downturn. Orders for nondurable goods, such as food, textiles, paper and chemicals, jumped 3%, their biggest gain since March '05. Orders for durable goods were revised down to -0.1% from the initial reading of 0.1%. That's bad news for the manufacturing sector, but the strong "soft goods" orders signals continued consumer demand.
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You shouldn't need to tell companies they can save money with smarter packaging. But apparently, you do.
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RFID tags, the dime-sized devices that can track inventory from the factory to the store, are being embraced as one of the hottest of new technologies. -TheWashington Post
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These products don't come without serious risks.
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A lot of consumers across the country wouldn&#39;t purchase a lawn-mower, a van, a leaf blower or a laptop without thumbing through the pages of Consumer Reports, which they consider a bible of independent assessment for thousands of products.
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Tips for consumers who want to avoid buying products made by child laborers.
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Tracking inventory using inexpensive radio tags is one of the hottest technologies in supply chain management, with promising applications in retail and many other sectors.
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How to understand a company's assets and liabilities.
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