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Major business events scheduled for Friday

AP News 10 days ago

Calendar of major business events scheduled for Friday Major business events and economic events scheduled for Friday: WASHINGTON — Commerce Department releases international trade for September, 8:30 a.m. SINGAPORE — President Obama arrives in Singapore for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. BRUSSELS ...

U.S. sets more duties on China pipe in record case

Reuters US Online Report Politics News 16 days ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday slapped preliminary anti-dumping duties ranging up to 99 percent on Chinese-made oil well pipe in the biggest U.S. trade action against China. The preliminary Commerce Department decision came a week before President Barack Obama ...

US slaps import penalties on Chinese tubular goods

AFP Global Edition 16 days ago

The US Commerce Department has imposed anti-dumping tariffs of up to 99 percent on imports of Chinese tubular goods in a move Beijing condemned Friday as an "abuse of protectionism." The department said Thursday it has "determined that Chinese producers/exporters have sold ...

Fewer Americans feel nation is doing badly: poll

AFP Global Edition 18 days ago

Most Americans still feel their country is faring badly, but their ranks have been dwindling since the financial crisis broke last year, a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll has said. Sixty-three percent of 1,018 adults surveyed October 30-November 1 said things in the ...

Economy

AP News 19 days ago

FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2009 file photo, F-35 Lightning II assembly line workers Virginia Boyd (top) and Johnney Watson (bottom) work on a cockpit at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company in Fort Worth, Texas. The Commerce Department said Tuesday, Nov. 3, ...

Sept factory orders rise 0.9 percent

Reuters US Online Report Business News 19 days ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New orders received by U.S. factories rose a stronger-than-expected 0.9 percent in September, while inventories continued to shrink, the Commerce Department said on Tuesday in a report suggesting manufacturing activity is feeding the economic recovery. It was the fifth ...

Business events scheduled for the coming month

AP News 23 days ago

Business events and economic reports scheduled for the coming month MONDAY, Nov. 2 NEW YORK — The Institute for Supply Management releases its manufacturing index for October, 10 a.m. WASHINGTON — National Association of Realtors releases pending home sales index for September, ...

US consumer spending dips first time in five months

AFP Global Edition 23 days ago

US consumer spending fell for the first time in five months in September after a government program boosting auto sales ran out, official data showed Friday. Personal consumption expenditures decreased 47.2 billion dollars or 0.5 percent last month, as expected by most ...

Trade panel approves antidumping probe into China pipe

Reuters US Online Report Politics News 23 days ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. trade panel on Friday approved a Commerce Department investigation that could lead to new duties of nearly 100 percent or more on imports of about $382 million of steel pipes from China. The U.S. International Trade Commission ...

Personal spending falls 0.5 percent in September

Reuters US Online Report Top News 23 days ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer spending fell in September for the first time in five months as the boost from a government auto incentive faded, data showed on Friday, adding to fears that consumers may be pulling back as they head into ...

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