...for Supply Management reported Friday. The Tempe, Ariz.-based research group reported that its index of non-manufacturing business activity fell to 58.5 in May from 61.7 in April. Analysts had been looking for a reading of 60.0. Any...

...new orders ticked upward to 62.4 in June from 61.3 a month before. Rising prices remained an issue for non-manufacturing businesses, with that index standing at 74.6, from 74.4 in May and 68.6 in April. In a conference call with...

...by The McGraw-Hill Companies, forecasts trends in 137 manufacturing industries and 36 service and other non-manufacturing businesses. Growth should continue in more than 80 percent of them -- 144. Declines are expected in 27 areas and no...

...while the services sector slowed. The Institute of Supply Management, which conducted the survey, said its non-manufacturing business activity index was at 53.3 percent in September, down from August's reading of 65 percent. The group's...

...April after an upwardly revised 5 percent jump in March. Meanwhile, the Institute for Supply Management's non-manufacturing business index eased to 65.2 in May from the record 68.4 reading seen in April. On top of that, fears that an...

...followed an economic report from the Institute of Supply Management. The group reported that its index of non-manufacturing business activity stood at 54.7 in December, down from 57.4 in November and below analysts' expectations for a...