New orders for manufactured durable goods increased $2.2 billion or 0.8% in September to $284.8 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau said in its most recent advance report. The increase followed a 0.8% August decrease. Excluding transportation, new orders increased 0.4%. Excluding defense, new orders increased 0.4%. Transportation equipment drove the decrease, falling $3.1 billion or 3.1% to $95.4 billion.
ABA: Illinois interchange law will ‘wreck havoc’ on payment systems
If enforcement of an Illinois law restricting interchange fees is not prevented before July 1, it will upend the debit- and credit-card operations of federally chartered financial institutions and wreak havoc on the national payment-processing system, ABA, the...










