I was young and naïve, and I didn't understand that a custom-order factory like mine is very different from a widget factory.
Its orders, factories and employees steadily increased in number, and a web of suppliers grew up around it.
The government has ordered factories, offices and homes across Japan to reduce their electricity use 15 percent this summer.
Beijing, in the 1990s, ordered factories to churn out goods in periods of low demand, and there are indications that officials are resorting to this tactic now.
Officials ordered factories to shut down and cars to stay off the streets until the smog lifted.
During the Airpoclapyse, China's government experimented with various emergency measures, curtailing the use of official cars and ordering factories and construction sites to close. .
New orders for factory goods rose by 1.3% in July.
That, in turn, cut into orders for factory goods.
The attacks also hurt orders for factory goods.
New orders for factory goods fell in August for the second time in three months.
New orders for factory goods in March recorded their biggest decline in three years, even though they slightly topped forecasts.
