Washington DC -May 3- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr., announced April 30 that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging six persons and three corporations with conspiring to defraud the U.S. government and wire fraud in connection with the supply and composition of critical materials used in the American war effort.

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Washington DC -May 3- Sales of domestic light motor vehicles in March rose to an annual unit rate of 8.8 million, up 14 percent from February’s 7.7 million rate.

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Washington DC - April 15 - Industrial production edged up 0.1 percent in March and increased at an annual rate of 7.8 percent in the first quarter.Capacity utilization for total industry advanced 0.2 percentage point to 73.2 percent, 3.7 percentage points above the rate from a year earlier.

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Washington DC - April 15 - The Empire State Manufacturing Survey indicates that conditions for New York State manufacturers improved at a rapid pace in April. The general business conditions index rose 9 points, to 31.9.

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Washington DC - April 15 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy jointly announced changes to the Energy Star product certification process to ensure that only products meeting the program requirements can receive an Energy Star label.

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shington DC - April 14 -   On a seasonally adjusted basis, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.1 percent in March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Over the last 12 months, the index increased 2.3 percent.

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Washington DC - April 13 - Total February exports of $143.2 billion and imports of $182.9 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $39.7 billion, up from $37.0 billion in January, revised.

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Washington DC - April 9 - Total inventories of merchant wholesalers were $393.5 billion at the end of February, up 0.6 percent from the revised January level, but were down 7.4 percent from a year ago.

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Washington DC - April 6 - The Conference Board Employment Trends Index™ rose in March for the seventh consecutive month. The index now stands at 94.4, up from February’s revised figure of 93.7.

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Washington DC - April 5 - The Department of Commerce’s United States Patent and Trademark Office is seeking public comment on a proposed change that would effectively provide a 12‑month extension to the existing 12-month provisional patent application period.

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Washington DC - April 5 - The American International Automobile Dealers Association (AIADA) released March 2010 sales figures for the international nameplate automobile industry, whose brands accounted for 57 percent of all vehicles sold in the United States in March, up from 53.5 percent in February.

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Washington DC - April 2 - The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) jointly established historic new federal rules that set the first-ever national greenhouse gas emissions standards of all new passenger cars and light trucks sold in the United States.

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Washington DC - April 2 - U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that the Department has finalized higher energy efficiency standards for a key group of heating appliances that will together save consumers up to $10 billion and prevent up to 164 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions over 30 years.

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Washington DC - April 2 - Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 162,000 in March, and the unemployment rate held at 9.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.

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Washington DC - April 1 - Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in March for the eighth consecutive month, and the overall economy grew for the 11th consecutive month, say the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report On Business.

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