The brisk start saw the unit gain after a February producer price report highlighted a pick-up in the pace of input costs to a 6.6% pace compared with one year ago.

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Companies like Boeing and Lockheed Martin rallied on the report that showed a pick-up in orders may be on the horizon after the companies reported month-to-month decreases in aircraft orders.

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If not, and you suspect your family member is being conned by a gold digger, pick up the phone and report it to local authorities.

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So that left it to other media to really pick up the ball and try to report the story.

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Mike Shedlock of Global Economic Trend Analysis was the first to pick up several problems with the details of the report and his analysis is worth a read.

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Small-cap growth guru Jim Oberweis of the Oberweis Report and Oberweis mutual funds thinks the second-half pick-up is no macroeconomic head fake, but he is letting go of stocks with sub-par growth prospects.

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Customers at 30 locations in France are now able to order their meals using the McDonald's mobile app, pay for it via PayPal, then join a separate line to pick up their food, according to a Reuters report.

CNN: Doug Gross,

The Bundesbank's monthly report for February forecast that the rest of 2013 will see a gradual pick-up in activity in Europe's biggest economy.

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Barclays pointed out in a report on China energy demand back in October that improving industrial activities and new refining capacity in China are fueling the pick up in demand.

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