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US Census Bureau Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orde This Javascript allows the page in IE to resize to the minimum width of 853 pixels and no less. You are here: Census.gov › Business & Industry › Manufacturing › Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders Skip top of page navigation This Javascript highlights what section of the main navigation you are on and unlinks its URL. Overview The Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) survey provides broad-based, monthly statistical data on economic conditions in the domestic manufacturing sector. Advance Report Highlights February 2014 Advance Report released March 26, 2014 at 8:30 A.M. Full Report Highlights February 2014 Full Report released April 2, 2014 at 10:00 A.M. Benchmark Reports Highlights Benchmark Reports released May 17, 2013 at 10:00 A.M. Summary of Revisions and Survey Information Excel [2.58mb] Annual Benchmark Data and Benchmark Procedures Excel [6.03mb] Trading Day Diagnostics Excel [1.96mb] Seasonal Summary Measures Excel [2.02mb] [PDF] or This symbol

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RentalTrax is an industry-leading web-based rental management software program (SaaS). It is a complete, "all in one" rental management program at a fixed low price. Consumer Price Index (CPI) The Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) program produces monthly data on changes in the prices paid by urban consumers for a representative basket of goods and services. Consumer Price Index March 15, 2013 On a seasonally adjusted basis, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers increased 0.7 percent in February after being unchanged in January. The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.2 percent in February after rising 0.3 percent in January. More... ( HTML ) ( PDF ) Current CPI Economic News Releases CPI News Release ( HTML ) ( PDF ) Subscribe to the BLS News Service —receive the Consumer Price Index news release by e-mail. Archived Notices Revised Seasonal Indexes UPDATED Each year with the release of the January CPI, seasonal adjustment factors are recalculated to reflect price movements from the just-completed calendar year. Social Security COLA CPI Published Numbers Contacts Information and Analysis: (202) 691-7000

Shadow Government Statistics : Home Page Nonprofit Advocacy “Arguably, the most important public policies we have in the United States have come from nonprofit organizations lobbying for their causes…. These achievements may be largely attributed to the strong leadership of executive directors and board members who knew that direct service alone would not change the flawed or missing public policies that contributed to the problems their organizations were trying to alleviate.” --David F. Arons, in Nonprofit Governance and Management At its core, this portion of our website is about democracy. The Power of Nonprofits: A Proud Tradition of Serving Americans Advocacy is deeply-rooted in nonprofits’ DNA. The Power of Knowledge: Nonprofit Advocacy Is Legal, Needed, and Easy Despite our sector’s distinguished record as advocates for the people, recent research reveals that nonprofits today see multiple barriers blocking their participation in the public policy arena. The Power of Information: Nonprofit Advocacy Reference Materials

BCD M&I | Managed Meeting Solutions, Conference Planning, Turnkey Registration Tools Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization Release Date: March 17, 2014 Industrial production increased 0.6 percent in February after having declined 0.2 percent in January. In February, manufacturing output rose 0.8 percent and nearly reversed its decline of 0.9 percent in January, which resulted, in part, from extreme weather. The gain in factory production in February was the largest since last August. The output of utilities edged down 0.2 percent following a jump of 3.8 percent in January, and the production at mines moved up 0.3 percent. At 101.6 percent of its 2007 average, total industrial production in February was 2.8 percent above its level of a year earlier. Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization: Summary Seasonally adjusted r Revised. p Preliminary. Market Groups In February, the production of consumer goods rose 0.8 percent and was 2.6 percent above its level of a year earlier. The production of defense and space equipment increased 0.2 percent in February following a decline of 0.3 percent in January. Note.

Red social de inversores reales Unience.com How to Read the IRS Form 990 & Find Out What it Means How to Read the IRS Form 990 & Find Out What it Means 2005 Form 990 Version Written by Peter Swords, former Executive Director of the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York, with the assistance of Victoria Bjorklund of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Jon Small, Executive Director of NPCC; supported by a grant from the Ford Foundation. May, 2011: A new version of this paper is available at www.npccny.org/new990/new990.htm. There is information in the Form 990 that you may find interesting and helpful for learning about the nonprofit organization that filed the Form 990. Of course, your particular interest in the organization whose Form 990 you are reviewing will influence what information you may consider significant. Immediately below we list the ten most important items we address along with where they can be found on the Form 990. #1 Identity and Tax Status – Heading, page 1 #2 How Much Income Did the Filer Receive and From What Sources? #4 What Can You Tell From Net Assets?

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