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E-Commerce Will Grow Again This Holiday, but Don’t Thank Mobile or Social

Online shopping should be a bright spot during the holidays this year, with sales expected to grow by 20 percent compared to 2011. ... Full story

U.S. Retail Sales in September Slow from Summer's Pace

U.S. retail sales showed a lack of gusto in September after two months of strength as back-to-school buying wound down and shoppers took a pre-holiday breather. ... Full story

Orders to U.S. Factories Plunge on Airplanes, Computers

Orders placed with U.S. factories fell in August by the most in more than three years, signaling that slowdowns in business investment and exports restrained the economic expansion. ... Full story

Will China Riots Send Manufacturers Packing?

China has long been a desired destination among the world’s biggest multinationals looking to fill labor-intensive positions on the cheap. ... Full story

Filling the Leadership Void . . . From the Middle

One doesn’t need to look at the headlines to realize that the world has slipped into a leadership void, both in the private as well as in the public sectors. In the U.S., the government is in gridlock as politics have moved to the extremes where compromise and moderation have become dirty words. ... Full story

How Can U.S. Companies Gain From China’s Consumer Spending?

Export Now CEO Frank Lavin on how U.S. companies can boost sales in China despite the country’s economic slowdown. ... Full story

Beyond transportation, durable goods down

Plunge in Goods Orders May Restrain U.S. Expansion: Economy

Demand for U.S. durable goods other than transportation equipment unexpectedly dropped in August for a third consecutive month, signaling that slowdowns in business investment and exports will restrain the economic expansion. ... Full story

CEOs now see gloomy third quarter, drop growth expectations

Four major business groups see gloomy times ahead for the job market and the economy, according to a string of separate surveys and polls released this week that cast fresh doubt on hopes that the economic recovery may have turned the corner. ... Full story

Consumer Confidence in U.S. Rises to a Seven-Month High

Confidence among American consumers jumped more than forecast in September as a budding housing recovery and rising stock prices gave households reason to be more upbeat. ... Full story

Manufacturing Renaissance? Exports, Reshoring Could Bring 5M Jobs to U.S.

An expected surge in exports could help create up to five million U.S. jobs by 2020, according to a report released Friday by the Boston Consulting Group. ... Full story