In December the purchasing-managers index for service industries fell to a new low.
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The composite purchasing managers' index for the manufacturing and services industries rose to 48.3 in December from 47.0 in November.
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Heading the list of the unhappiest industries to work in is retail trade, with an index score of 3.71.
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There have been few more solid signs of recovery, although one index published this week suggested that activity in service industries was expanding for the first time since August.
Oxford Economics built a unique global ranking model based on a weighted composite index to compare and benchmark employee diversity across countries, industries and occupations.
Output of India's eight infrastructure industries, which have a total weight of 38% in the index of industrial production, rose 2.9% from a year earlier in March, data showed Tuesday.
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The department said the new index has been been developed using data from existing quarterly indices of the production, services and construction industries.
The American Customer Satisfaction Index rated Sprint No. 1 among all national carriers and most improved in customer satisfaction across all industries during the last four years.
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