The Empire State Manufacturing Index, which provides a snapshot of a key U.S. economic region, jolted investors Monday. It took a surprising plunge to a minus 11.14 reading in November — the index’s first negative measure sinc…
The U.S. factory sector continued to expand in September, but at a slower pace, as the Institute for Supply Management manufacturing index dipped to 54.4 from 56.3 in August.
Readings above 50 indicate an expansion — under 50, a contraction. A Bloomb…
Dell to Spend More Than $100 Billion on China OperationsDell Inc. (DELL) will spend more than $100 billion over a 10-year period to expand operations and sales in China.
The company will open a new operations center in Chengdu…