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Manufacturing Down For 3rd Straight Month

The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing managers, said Tuesday its index of manufacturing activity ticked down to 49.6. That's down from 49.8 in July and the lowest reading in three years. A reading below 50 indicates contraction.

By Christopher Rugaber | September 4, 2012 | 3:18 p.m. ET.
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