The report
said factory orders surged up by 1.6 percent in March, matching the upwardly revised jump seen in February.
Not exact matches
Factory goods
orders rose 1.6 percent, the Commerce Department
said on Thursday.
«We're still in the early stages of delivery in franchising, but I can see this becoming a much more common way of
ordering food,»
says Marty Ferrill, president of the Philly Pretzel
Factory, a 159 - unit brand that sells soft pretzels, pretzel dogs and other snacks.
In another report, the Commerce Department
said orders for
factory goods fell for second straight month in September.
An unlike a
factory where,
say, books are made (which is what I used to do), since restaurant
orders are unpredictable the demand for components constantly changes.
Treasuries touched session lows after the Institute for Supply Management, an industry group,
said its index of U.S.
factory activity rose to a reading of 51.5 in September as new
orders and employment picked up.
In the case of Tazreen, Li & Fung had acquired a new subsidiary that placed
orders at the
factory, but the changes sought by Li & Fung had not been made 11 weeks later when the fatal fire occurred, a company spokesman
said.
«Despite KCNA's reporting that the handsets are made at the
factory, they are probably made to
order by a Chinese manufacturer,»
said Williams, who writes for PC World and other publications.
In another report, the Commerce Department
said orders for
factory goods fell for a second straight month in September.
And get this we were at the Cheesecake
Factory the other day and they screwed up our
order and at the end they asked if we wanted cheesecake and we
said no, they
said it'll probably be comped and both of us
said no (we had some of the pomegranate one left in the fridge).
A place where you could
order the best chocolate cake with rich chocolate ganache frosting, or a decadent chocolate fudge filled brownie with warm ice cream and hot fudge sauce... And when you left
said restaurant, it would be similar to a scene from Willy Wonka and The Chocolate
Factory.
«In
order to digest wood and other material, termites rely on an intensive
factory of millions of unique microorganisms in their gut, which can account for two - thirds of the termite's total body weight,»
said lead author Professor Nathan Lo.
The automaker previously
said that the U.S.
factory would allow it to offer «build - to -
order» car customization for American Volvo buyers.
«Customer response to our limited production Maxima Midnight accessories package last summer was so strong, we've now made it a
factory installed option — and we're launching it at a $ 1,000 discount versus what it would cost to
order and install the features individually,»
said Dan Mohnke, vice president, Nissan chief marketing manager and marketing operations.
Mitsubishi also
said production of the built - to -
order E model and models with additional
factory options are scheduled to begin at the end of February 2013.
«Gore wants us to clean up our
factories and plants in
order to protect us from global warming, when China and other countries couldn't care less,» he
said.
Collins
said, «
Factory owners are under great pressure to drive down costs in
order to keep contracts with Asda.