US factory orders hit 7-month low
Story date: 2007-10-04 09:31:00
Added on: 2007-10-04 10:00:28
BBC Business - Shrinking demand for such goods coincides with a cooling US housing economy that has been behind the latest credit crunch, as increasing numbers of individuals in the US default on mortgage loans. Overall the latest figures showed the largest ...
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