Motor vehicle orders dropped, along with orders of capital goods.
Motor vehicle orders fell 3.3percentt and civilian aircraft slipped about 25percentt.
Motor vehicle orders were also strong, rising by 12.8 percent, the most since July of last year.
Equipment used for transportation, down two of the last three months, declined 8.9percentt, and motor vehicle orders dipped 8.1percentt.
Orders were also weighed down by bookings for military aircraft, which fell 2.7 percent, and a 4.4 percent drop in motor vehicle orders.
The activist, clearly still shocked by the ordeal, said she was forced into a vehicle, ordered to strip and repeatedly assaulted over the following hours.
After the acquisition, General Dynamics, builder of the Abrams battle tank, expects to win combat vehicle orders from the United States, Britain and possibly Sweden.
In fact, France's car and light vehicle orders, a precursor to delivery trends, just declined for the fourth straight month.
Asked to confirm the reports, Dan Barile, a Mercedes spokesman, said it was against company policy to comment on special vehicle orders, real or otherwise.
There was a young sergeant in charge at that particular checkpoint, and he saw some objects in the back of this vehicle, ordered one of his gunners to open fire on the threatening vehicle...
