U.S. stocks rose sharply on Thursday as the government reported the economy grew at a surprisingly robust clip in the second quarter and oil prices eased, driving gains in major industrial and financial companies.

CHICAGO----A long-time contract supplier of fabricated and machined components to a wide range of companies, Dowding Industries is making the leap to large-part production and the transition to the alternative energy economy.

China Recycling Energy Corp. , a leading industrial waste-to-energy solution provider in China, today announced it has signed a strategic partnership agreement with China Aviation Gas Turbine Co., Ltd. for technological research and equipment manufacturin

New orders for the UK's industrial output have slumped to a three-year low as a "winter of economic discontent" looms, and manufacturers are pulling back on staffing and investment in the face of increasingly gloomy predictions.

Hewlett-Packard reported today that its third-quarter net revenues were $28 billion, up 10 percent from the same period last year, while profits rose 14 percent to $2 billion.