U.S. stocks closed at a record highs Tuesday after reports on auto sales and factory orders provided the latest evidence that the U.S. economy is strengthening.
September new home sales and durable goods orders data will be published on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, DR Horton reported earnings, beating top and bottom line estimates and seeing a jump in their order backlog, their net sales orders, and homes closed.
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More sales will require orders and deliveries, and Americans do not typically like to wait.
However, in all sectors concerns over the levels of orders and sales and competition remained high.
In China, an increasingly important market for Nike, sales rose by 12% and orders grew by 19%.
Stocks are mixed midday on drop in pending home sales and unexpectedly positive durable goods orders for December.
In the U.S., recent reports showing sagging retail sales and a slump in business orders for big-ticket items have raised concerns about a slowdown.
Forty-seven companies reported orders and sales were roughly the same as the previous quarter, 39 said sales increased and eight reported sales were down compared to the previous quarter.
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In one merger we recently observed, certain sales support personnel who filled orders and took inventory turned out to be just as important as the star salespeople.
The Fed has apparently ignored recent jumps in the ISM Mfg Index, ISM Non-Mfg Index (service sector), retail sales, durable goods orders, and the like, which indicated even the point in the recovery may be near where the employment situation improves.
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When the company reported on Wednesday that e-book and e-reader sales were up 30% over last year and that pre-orders for the new line of Nook e-readers were up 240% over past versions of the device, shares jumped.
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However, while the group said rising domestic and export orders had boosted sales it warned that recent market turmoil could hit growth in future.
That makes retail sales, home sales, auto sales, consumer sentiment, factory orders and the like much more indicative of the economic recovery than the employment reports.
By the middle of the last decade, overseas contract orders exceeded domestic sales, and the company's position as a major player in the international telecoms market was cemented.
U.S. economic data due for release Wednesday includes the weekly MBA mortgage applications survey, durable goods orders, new residential sales, and the weekly DOE energy stocks report.
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This week we have a full slate of economic reports starting on Monday with the Durable Goods Orders, Pending Home Sales, and the Dallas Fed Manufacturing Survey.
The circuit-breaker restrictions apply to that stock on the next day of trading as well, and short sales would stand in line behind sell orders from other traders.
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Undaunted by having to absorb so many new properties, Cisco kept racking up 40% annual sales growth and relying on an omniscient ability to track orders and forecast demand.
Its sales people could look at six weeks of orders, and suggest purchases from that list.
U.S. stock futures were modestly higher ahead of data including durable goods orders, consumer confidence and new home sales.
Current estimates on pre-orders have reached several hundred thousand and sales are expected to reach anywhere between 4 million and 7 million units within the first year.
It was with the occasional chain or specialty store that Bathum made some headway--and his biggest mistake:He failed to line up a dedicated sales force and didn't bother to follow up on orders.
It was with the occasional chain or specialty store that Bathum made some headway--and his biggest mistake: He failed to line up a dedicated sales force and didn't bother to follow up on orders.
He said sales to offices and hotels are down but are being replaced by orders from grocers and universities.
Sales picked up when they started winning orders from state governments and hospitals.
The company said orders for its healthcare equipment were also weak, particularly in North America, where sales fell by more 10 percent on hospital budget cuts and new orders declined.
Indeed, NTT treated sales to domestic rivals as an act of disloyalty and threatened to cut orders if NEC made too many.
The exchange's enforcement arm says JPMorgan inaccurately marked sell orders, submitted inaccurate trading data and transacted short sales without reasonable grounds to believe the stocks could be borrowed.
In speaking to a senior executive in sales, not long ago, he said, if my sales people could visually see their pipeline, commitments, confirmed orders, and cancellations, they could be so much more productive.
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