| February 25, 2008 |  |
On Today's BlogRetail sales, consumer prices, labor market trends, record patent growth and intellectual-property thieves -- let's see who the past week's winners and losers were. The envelope, please. » Read more... | » Comments... You May Have Missed Light Friday: The Messiest Office, Self-Healing Rubber, GM's View on Global Warming... ... One Sick IMT Editor and MORE. Scarce Metals Lead to Rapid Changes in Mining A recent survey showed that manufacturers are more concerned with high materials prices and increasingly scarce metals than anything else. Historically, passing along higher prices to customers might have worked -- but not in today's economy. Mixed Outlook for Manufacturing in Early 2008 American industrialists not only maintained production but raised it in January for a second consecutive month. Here we break down the latest figures on production output, capacity, inventories and orders, as well as the key concerns of raw material and energy prices. |  |
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