Factory orders rise 0.9% in September
5th gain in 6 months tops expectations
Posted: November 4, 2009 at 4:32 a.m.
Virginia Boyd and Johnney Watson work last summer on a cockpit on the F-35 Lightning II assembly line at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. in Fort Worth.
Orders to U.S. factories rebounded in September, helped by strength in autos, heavy machinery and military aircraft.
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