1.   Among industry groups, orders rose for all transportation components, as well as industrial equipment and primary metals.

2.   Among the service industries, orders rose for computers used in the communications, finance and retail industries.

3.   And factory orders rose in July to the highest level on record, paced by demand for electronics and industrial machinery.

4.   Asami said machine orders rose so modestly in the quarter because electrical machine and steel makers cut back on high levels of investment.

5.   As new orders rise, manufacturers also are having trouble meeting demand, the government report showed.

6.   Bonds did not even budge on a report that machinery orders rose in July for the third time in the past four months, traders and analysts said.

7.   A day after a report showed consumer spending was sluggish in January, the Commerce Department said factory orders unexpectedly rose that month.

8.   A Confederation of British Industry manufacturing survey published today showed that although domestic orders are rising, export order books remain weak.

9.   A report last week showed that new orders to factories rose in July to a record level as factory shipments also climbed.

10.   Combined with upward revisions to already healthy results in May and June, orders have now risen for three consecutive months.