The answer, though it conforms to every cliché of rock and roll, may be that the spirit of New Order was strongest when the band was in its youth.
"Things are good, orders were strong, employment is steady.
Demand was high for Phantom and Ghost Rolls-Royce cars, and orders were strong for the new Wraith model, BMW said.
Industrial orders were strong in some businesses, with orders for oil and gas equipment up 24 percent and aviation orders — mainly jet engines — up 47 percent.
While orders were strong in Asia, especially in China, he said, they were falling in Europe and would most likely fall further.
"Orders are strong from stores within China, and we see the potential for the domestic market ever expanding," said Stan Hu, the sales manager at the Xigo Electric Group Company, an air-conditioner manufacturer in Nantuo, in southern China's Guangdong Province.
The weaker euro has been a boon to exporters, especially in Germany, but job creation and the growth of new orders was strong throughout much of the euro zone in the survey.Britain's annual inflation rate fell to zero in February.
General Electric Chairman Jeffrey Immelt Jeffrey Immelt said industrial orders are strong, and the economy "probably" the best since the last election year.
"Growth in new orders was strong in the service sector but new export orders were unchanged from the previous month illustrating the fragility of the eurozone economies.
In Boston, according to Mehta, day one orders are strong given that the service launched with a note to people in the area who had asked to be informed when it went live in their city.
