... recession. A recovery may be just a few months away." Economists were especially heartened by a report from the Institute for Supply Management that showed U.S. manufacturing activity shrinking at a slower pace in May. Reports from Asia and Europe ...

... economic data will be delivered Friday when investors get a fresh reading on the manufacturing sector. The Institute for Supply Management releases its December survey of purchasing managers. The index is expected to show a reading of 35.5 ...

... health care and such. An index of services activity shrank for a sixth straight month, according to the Institute for Supply Management, a Tempe, Ariz.-based trade group of purchasing executives. Bernanke said the recession could end later ...

... past 12 months. Manufacturing activity gained some ground in January, after contracting in December, the Institute for Supply Management said in still another report Friday. The economy nearly stalled in the final three months of last year ...

... dogged the market. Investors hoping for some guidance from two key economic reports got very little. The Institute for Supply Management said its index of service sector activity fell to 48.2 from 51.7 in May; the reading touched off more ...

... eclipsed gains in commercial construction. - Advertisement - And manufacturers' business was flat in July. The Institute for Supply Management's reading of activity from the producers of cars, airplanes, appliances and other goods hit 50, down ...

... exports and deliveries, a private research group's survey showed Friday. The reading of 50.2 from the Institute for Supply Management was down from 50.6 in August. A reading above 50 signals growth. The index has hovered near the 50 "boom ...

... growing for the second straight month and construction spending recording its largest increase in a year. The Institute for Supply Management, formerly known as the National Association of Purchasing Management, reported that its index of business ...

... closed lower on April 21, 1997, when it stood at 1,203.95. Monday's selling followed a report by the Institute for Supply Management that showed the U.S. service sector grew in July, but at a slower pace than many economists had predicted ...

... appears to be slowing but not stalling. The Institute for Supply Management said its closely watched index of manufacturing ... economic recovery. ------ On the Net: Institute for Supply Management: http://www.ism.ws/ Commerce ...