Capital Expenditures Rises 14 Percent to Record High in 2006.

M2 Presswire;  October 7, 2008 ;     606 words ......for nearly 21 percent of the growth in total investment spending in 2006. Among...largest increase in investment spending ($67.7 billion or 221.5 percent) between 1999...billion (14.8 percent) in investment spending from 1999 to...

Investment Spending Outlook Cheery

Chicago Sun-Times;  December 22, 1993 ;     480 words ......year's estimated investment spending increase, 7 percent, would be the...from the 5.3 percent estimate a...Trumbull said investment spending could show...plan a 3.8 percent increase in investment spending next year...

Companies Increase Plans for Investment Spending

The Journal Record;  December 22, 1993 ;     500 words ......estimated investment spending increase, 7 percent, would be...Trumbull said investment spending could show...rose 3.4 percent in 1992 after...plan a 3.8 percent increase in investment spending next year...with a 3.1 percent rise in 1993...

Italian investment spending declines

Xinhua News Agency;  December 11, 2002 ;     117 words ...Italian investment spending declines ROME, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Investment spending by manufacturing companies...Analysis (ISAE) said investment spending in the manufacturing...expected to shrink 5.5 percent this year. It said...percent rise in overall investment ...

Firms Trim Investment Spending Plans

The Journal Record;  September 11, 1992 ;     543 words ......plans for investment spending this year...year, a 4.3 percent increase...increase in investment spending this year...follow a 0.8 percent decline in...plan a 2.5 percent drop in investment spending after a 3.6 percent decrease...

Investment spending impacts Lands' End net. (Brief Article)

Daily News Record;  November 23, 1994 ;     296 words ......continued aggressive investment spending, Lands;' End, Inc., reported profits fell 52 percent in the third quarter...Sales climbed 14.4 percent to $246.2 million from...inventory rose to 15 percent of sales from 12 percent. Selling, generaland...expenses jumped to 38 percent ...

RETAIL SALES FALL 0.1 PERCENT; 3RD DECLINE IN LAST 4 MONTHS

The Journal Record;  June 13, 1986 ;     443 words ......followed declines of 0.1 percent in February and 0.4 percent in March. In April, sales had posted a 0.4 percent rise. In another bit...will decline by 1.3 percent this year, the first decline since a 1.2 percent drop in 1983. Business investment spending had risen 7.6 ...

Investment spending won't be up as much

Chicago Sun-Times;  September 11, 1987 ;     273 words ...WASHINGTON Business investment spending, hurt by rising interest...will grow a modest 1.4 percent this year, even weaker...and equipment by 2.8 percent this year. Many economists...discount rate from 5.5 percent to 6 percent on Friday, the first...one-half point to 8.75 percent. ...

Economy posts weakest growth in 8 years; Glimmer of hope:Companies slash...

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  July 28, 2001 ;     631 words ......companies cut back on investment spending by the biggest amount...eked out a tiny 0.7 percent growth rate in the April-Ju...current quarter and 3.5 percent in the fourth quarter...prices rising by just 1.7 percent in the second quarter...early 1999. The 0.7 percent GDP increase, the ...

BUSINESSES PLAN TO HIKE INVESTMENT SPENDING 1.4%

The Journal Record;  September 11, 1987 ;     313 words ......to increase investment spending a modest 1.4 percent this year, even...plan to boost investment spending by 2.5 percent this year despite...estimated business investment spending would total...billion, a 2.5 percent advance over...

HK Expecting Five Percent GDP Growth for 2000

Xinhua English Newswire;  March 8, 2000 ;     460 words ......comprising a decline of four percent in domestic exports and an increase of ten percent in re-exports. The exports...terms was forecast at eight percent, with continued growth...estimated to grow by five percent. As sentiment improves...consumer spending of 2.5 percent in real terms for ...

Renault investment spending is at 'high end'; Talk from the Top with Louis...

Automotive News;  December 3, 2001 ;     700+ words ......year. Renault had an 11 percent share in 2000. Automotive...market as a whole was up 8.3 percent over October 2000 levels...Renault sales climbed by 15.2 percent. Was the rise helped by...This year, more than 80 percent of its production will...it said non-essential investment would be ...

U.S. economy grows at sizzling 5.8 percent in first quarter.

Chicago Tribune (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  April 26, 2002 ;     700+ words ......than two years. The economy eked out a tiny 1.7 percent gain in the fourth quarter of 2001 after posting...showing personal consumption expenditures rose 3.5 percent compared with a much higher 6.5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2001. Such a tapering...year will fall back to a more modest range of 3 ...

HK's GDP Grows by 5.3 Percent in 1997

Xinhua English Newswire;  May 4, 1998 ;     337 words ......earlier following corresponding growth of 5.9 percent, 6.8 percent and 6.0 percent in the first three quarters of the year. This...expenditure slowed down considerably to a 3.3 percent growth in real terms in the fourth quarter of...This contrasted with a marked increase of 11.8 percent in ...

HK's economic growth expected to reach 7 percent in 2004

Xinhua News Agency;  October 6, 2004 ;     399 words ......expected to reach 7 percent in 2004 HONG KONG, Oct...projected to grow by 7 percent for the year as a whole...spending. He added that investment spending is strengthening due...is forecast to be 6.1 percent compared with the same...third quarter and by 5.2 percent in the fourth ...