...concentrated in aircraft orders, which doubled from December, the largest increase in five years. Excluding the volatile transportation sector, orders fell 0.3 in January, the first decline in three months. But aircraft wasn't the only high point...

...producers are having a more difficult time finding buyers overseas." Still, he noted, orders excluding the volatile transportation sector rose 0.5 percent in February, the seventh gain in nine months. They increased 3.2 percent for industrial...

...predicted durable goods orders would decline 1 percent because of a drop in aircraft orders. But excluding the volatile transportation sector, orders should rise a modest 0.5 percent, he said. Those numbers still won't offer the kind of concrete...

...Department said Friday, but that was pulled down by a significant drop in orders for aircraft. When excluding the volatile transportation sector, orders rose 2 percent -- the best showing in five months.New home sales stay sluggish in AugustWASHINGTON...

...below economists' expectations, followed an even stronger 1.8 percent rise in November. Excluding the volatile transportation sector, new orders were up an even stronger 2.1 percent in December following two straight months of declines...

...for cars dipped by 0.2 percent in December as free financing and other incentives waned. Excluding the volatile transportation sector, which includes such expensive items as airplanes and military tanks, orders rose by a solid 0.8 percent...

...tools, grew by 2.8 percent in October after having fallen the two previous months. Not counting the often volatile transportation sector, overall orders for durable goods still fell 2.6 percent in October, the largest drop since a 2.7 percent...

...March and was only the second decline in the past six months. However, the weakness was confined to the volatile transportation sector. Excluding transportation, factory orders would have risen by 0.5 percent, posting the fifth increase...