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| Canada’s Unemployment Rate Rises In April
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| Manufacturing.net (May 9, 2008) - The Canadian economy continues to add workers in the face of an economic slowdown, creating 19,200 new jobs in April after a slightly smaller gain the previous month. The new jobs, mostly in the full-time and self-employed categories, couldn't prevent the national unemployment rate from edging up by one-tenth of a point to 6.1 percent.
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| CNH Capital now serving Puerto Rico
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| Equipment World (May 8, 2008) - CNH Capital, financial services business of construction equipment maker CNH Global ,has announced their expansion into Puerto Rico. |
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| China's equipment market growing |
| International Construction (May 9, 2008) - Demand for construction machinery in China is projected to increase +12.7% per annum through 2011 to CNY 181 billion (US$ 25.9 billion), outpacing gains in most other regions of the world, according to Construction Machinery in China, a new study by the US-based Freedonia Group.
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| Maxim Crane Works Announces Merger Agreement |
| Lift & Access (May 8, 2008) - Maxim Crane Works, Bridgeville, Pa., announced Monday that it has entered into a merger agreement with affiliates of Platinum Equity Capital Partners II, Beverly Hills, Calif. Platinum Equity will acquire for cash all of the outstanding common stock of Maxim Crane for $42.50 per share. Holders of Series A and Series B Warrants to acquire Maxim Crane common stock will receive the difference between the exercise price of their warrants and $42.50 per share.
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| Canada: Construction expected to continue its boom in B.C. |
| Vancouver Sun (May 9, 2008) - Signs of an extension to British Columbia's construction boom continue to mount, even though first-quarter building permits have waned.
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| Bush vows veto on farm bill |
| Chicago Tribune (May 9, 2008) - With farmers' incomes increasing because of soaring commodity prices, getting a farm bill passed continued to prove problematic Thursday, as congressional negotiators unveiled a new version that the White House criticized.
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| Manufacturing to See Marginal Growth Rest of 2008 |
| IndustryWeek (May 9, 2008) - Economic growth in the U.S. is sustainable throughout the remainder of 2008, say the nation's purchasing and supply executives in their spring 2008 Semiannual Economic Forecast. The projection is part of the forecast issued by the Institute for Supply Management. |
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| French Industrial Output Falls Sharply |
| IndustryWeek (May 9, 2008) - Industrial production in France fell by 0.8% in March, official data showed on May 9 with analysts saying the figures point to deepening gloom for the economy. In February production has shown a rise of 0.3%. |
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| Why inflation is not the big problem |
| Fortune (May 9, 2008) - Soaring food and energy costs are painful, but falling home prices could mean even bigger worries. |
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| China's producer price index up 8.1% in April |
| Xinhua (May 9, 2008) - The producer price index (PPI) for China's industrial products rose 8.1 percent in April over the same month last year, putting on more pressure on the nation's inflation rate, the National Bureau of Statistics said Friday.
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