Copper Rises Most in Two Months on Signs U.S. Demand May Climb The Institute for Supply Management ’s manufacturing index increased to 50.9 in June from 49 a month earlier, the Tempe, Arizona-based group said today. A reading of 50 is the dividing line between expansion and contraction.
July 1, 2013 - Bloomberg
China factory activity shrinks for 2nd month: HSBC LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- HSBC's monthly gauge of Chinese factory activity, released Monday, showed further slowing in June, as the index hit its lowest level since September 2012. The HSBC manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index, dropped to 48.2 from May's 49.2 and down from a preliminary reading of 48.3, marking the second month in a row that the result was below 50 -- the dividing line ...
July 1, 2013 - Market Watch
Michigan to use dynamic pricing model for tickets Any given team’s schedule has exciting games and boring ones. In college football, the unofficial dividing line, at least during the BCS era, is the early-fall crossover from the nonconference season into league play.
June 29, 2013 - Sports Illustrated