An index of activity in euro-area manufacturing industries compiled by Markit, a provider of financial information, rose to 57.6 in April from 56.6 in March.
An index of activity in service industries compiled by Markit, a research firm, jumped from 51 to 53.7 in August, a far stronger reading than analysts had expected (a reading above 50 implies growth).
The firm's Harbour Report, closely watched by the industry, compiles manufacturing data collected annually from automakers; an overview of the 2002 report was released today.
Cargill Value Added Meats is the third-largest turkey processor in the country, according to an annual industry ranking compiled by WATT Poultry USA a trade journal.
After a generally bruising March, hedge funds regained ground in April as global stock markets recovered, according to an industry index compiled by Eurekahedge.
Worldwide, the digital warehouses use about 30 billion watts of electricity, roughly equivalent to the output of 30 nuclear power plants, according to estimates industry experts compiled for The Times.
Of the 20 members studied, contributions from regulated industries rose nearly three times faster than their fund-raising totals, according to the study, which relied on data of contributions by industry as compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics and voting data complied by MapLight.org.org
EBD studies for the healthcare industry are compiled into an international database to provide design information to all users.
An analysis by ScienceNOW of publishing industry data compiled by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) in Philadelphia shows that the new company would control more than 125 of the 500 most-cited science journals.
In the analyst group's annual music industry report, compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and Nielsen BDS, it found that digital music now accounts for 55.9% of all music sales in the U.S. — including both full albums as well as track-equivalent albums.
