Stocks rose on Thursday as investors poured into beaten-down financial stocks on growing optimism the worst may be over for banks, and after jobs and manufacturing data pointed to a resilient economy.

Aug. 7 (Bloomberg) -- German industrial production increased for the first time in four months in June, led by demand for plant and machinery. Output rose a seasonally adjusted 0.2 percent from May, when it fell 1.8 percent, the Economy Ministry in Berlin

Overall Business Confidence Index has recorded a decline from 61.2 in the last FICCI survey to 55.3 in the present series. Inflation: Sectors to invest | War on Inflation

Thomas Equipment and Butch Craig & Sons, a Thomas Skid Steer Dealer based in Auburn, Maine, joined exhibitors at the Construction Expo of Maine to salute "Women in Construction." (PRWeb Apr 21, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releas

ATKINS, the United Kingdom's largest engineering design consultancy firm, is opening a business process outsourcing (BPO) facility in the Philippines within the year to handle most of its back office operations.