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American business improve despite expenditure tax cloud

WASHINGTON (Reuters)-a gauge of the planned U.s.-business spending more in October by the most in five months, raising cautious optimism that the sharp cuts in capital investment in the summer.

Fear of deep cuts in spending and large tax beginning next year, a combination known as the fiscal Cliff walks, Government had caused companies survival container nestled.

But orders for non-defence capital goods excluding aircraft, a closely watched proxy for business spending plans, rose 1.7 percent last month, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.

"Although the improvement in demand offers little encouragement that the worse of the malaise in capital investment may be behind us, there is little to suggest that this may be the beginning of a meaningful rebound," said Millan Mulraine, a senior economist at TD Securities in New York.

The increase in so-called core capital goods orders confounded economists expectations for a decline of 0.5%.

Lawmakers and the Obama administration are engaged in negotiations to avoid automatic cuts and increases that could suck $ 600 billion from the economy early next year and a fresh recession fuel tax. Little visible signs of progress have emerged.

"With intense focus on the fiscal cliff and continuing uncertainty about the Economic Outlook in the new year, it remains to be seen whether the shot October can be maintained. It is not clear that it can, "said Omair Sharif, an economist at RBS in Stamford, Connecticut.

"One month doesn't a trend and the trend shows solid companies are still in a kind of a wait-and-see mode on the area of the capital expenditure."

CONSUMERS MORE BULLISH

Given the lag between orders and shipments, economists expect business investment to remain an obstacle for economic activity in the fourth quarter.

Shipments of core capital goods fell in October for a fourth consecutive month, and economists said that the stronger orders not could translate into improved shipments until early 2013.

However, a few economists bumped up their meager fourth quarter GDP forecasts something because the decline in shipments was smaller than expected. Core goods shipments are used for calculating business expenses for equipment and software in the gross domestic product report.

In the third quarter, business spending tumbled for the first time since the 2007-09 recession ended, weighed down by the fiscal cliff, Europe's long-term debt problems and slowdown in global demand.

While the weakness in business spending has limiting growth, the housing market is good on steam and consumer confidence is more bullish, that the recovery of the aid.

Single-family house prices rose for an eighth straight month in September, a separate report showed. The default & poor 's/Case-Shiller composite index of 20 metropolitan areas gained 0.4 percent in September on a seasonally adjusted basis.

Home building to add to growth this year for the first time since 2005 and expected firming housing prices bode well for housing construction activity.

"The strengthening of the housing prices is a plus for growth through various channels, including increased consumer spending because of the wealth and confidence effects," said Jim O'Sullivan, Chief Economist at high frequency economics in Valhalla, New York.

A third report showed consumer confidence hit a 4-1/2 year high in November. Economists, however, warned that the fiscal Cliff sentiment could erode in the coming months.

Stocks on Wall Street ended down as investors worried about the lack of progress in the elaboration of a deal on the Government budgetary problem, while prices for U.s. Treasury debt eked out modest profit. The dollar firmed against a basket of currencies.

Orders for U.S. durable goods and ready-made — items intended to last three years or more — in October were unchanged as gains in machinery, fabricated metal products, and computer and electronic products offset the Drag of cars, Defense goods and civilian aircraft.

Economists had expected durable goods orders to fall 0.6 percent last month. They rose by 9.2 percent in September.

With the exception of transportation, orders rose 1.5 percent in October after a rise of 1.7 percent the previous month.

(Additional reporting by Edward Krudy in New York; Edit by Andrea Ricci, Tim Ahmann and Tim Dobbyn)

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American Energy Works: Chris

Chris’ story is one of opportunity – extended and accepted. The oil and natural gas company he works for as a liquid mud coordinator saw work ethic and rewarded it:

“My training is not in energy, engineering or science, but because I was willing to learn, was willing to work, they took me from having no skills to being someone who they’re not afraid to have train the new employees – people who are the future of this company.”

Chris is one of 9.2 million Americans working a job supported by the oil and natural gas industry. Check out his video:

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The intersection of a recent anti-natural gas fundraiser at the trendy Brooklyn Winery – featuring fabulous culinary delights prepared by a group of talented chefs – and the natural gas that made the evening possible was, well, simply mouth-watering.

New York Daily News columnist Bill Hammond writes that the “Taste of the Marcellus” event last week was hosted by a group called Chefs for the Marcellus, to showcase the kinds of foods they say could be jeopardized if New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo OKs hydraulic fracturing in that state’s portion of the Marcellus Shale. Hammond:

"Guests were treated to eggplant-stuffed okra, smoked lamb belly with fermented tofu and whipped ricotta jewel on toast — along with wines from the Finger Lakes and beers from Cooperstown’s Ommegang brewery. Th... more »

Jill is a district manager for Total Safety, a company that provides service solutions for various aspects of the oil and natural gas industry, as well as power-generation and industrial markets. For her, the industry is about future job security: “It’s really an industry that’s not going away.”

Her video:

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A new USA Today/Gallup poll finds two of the top three issues that Americans care about the most in this election year are … jobs and reducing the federal budget deficit. Check and check. America’s oil and natural gas industry can help with both. Respondents were asked to weigh the importance of a number of issues (see chart), and 92 percent said creating good jobs is “extremely/very important.” On cutting the federal deficit the figure was 86 percent. Jobs and revenue to the government – we can help.

With the right policies in place – increasing access to American natural resources, the right approach to energy regulation, encouraging energy investments and more – our industry could create 1.4 million jobs by 2030. Here’s how the Wood Mackenzie energy consulting firm charts the pot... more »

Energy-driven economic growth is more than theory in places like Mount Vernon, Ohio, and Chandlersville, about 60 miles to the southeast. Shale energy is building growth in both places – in different ways.

In Mount Vernon, Ariel Corporation is experiencing demand for the reciprocating gas compressors it manufactures, which are used to extract, process, transport, store and distribute natural gas from shale. In Chandlersville, Steve Addis and his wife own and operate Annie’s Restaurant, which is seeing an influx of workers who’re drilling new shale gas wells in the area. Both show how the oil and natural gas industry supports jobs beyond direct industry jobs.

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ConocoPhillips’ Bob Morton is chief materials scientist at the company’s technology center in Bartlesville, Okla. The chemical that allowed development of low-sulfur gasoline and diesel – without sacrificing octane and without increasing the cost of the fuel – was developed there, he says.

Coming up with environmentally friendly consumer products is Morton’s mission:

“What I really love about my job is sometimes I’m given the opportunity to see something that nobody has seen before. And when those moments happen truly, those are the things that I think are the most wonderful parts of doing the job.”

Check out Bob’s story:

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American Energy Works: Tanker Safety Officer

Janet DeCastro of Polar Tankers wanted a life at sea, so she entered the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. One of the requirements for cadets was to go to sea for a year on a commercial vessel, and DeCastro’s assignment was aboard an oil tanker.

The experience has become a 24-year professional career – and is one of 9.2 million jobs supported by the oil and natural gas industry. In the video below, DeCastro talks about the ships on which she serves, and the role she plays ensuring safe delivery of oil and protection of the environment:

Visit American Energy Works.org for more videos and more stories from the people of the oil and natural gas industry, who are at work for America.

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American Energy Works: Tanker Safety Officer

Janet DeCastro of Polar Tankers wanted a life at sea, so she entered the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. One of the requirements for cadets was to go to sea for a year on a commercial vessel, and DeCastro’s assignment was aboard an oil tanker.

The experience has become a 24-year professional career – and is one of 9.2 million jobs supported by the oil and natural gas industry. In the video below, DeCastro talks about the ships on which she serves, and the role she plays ensuring safe delivery of oil and protection of the environment:

Visit American Energy Works.org for more videos and more stories from the people of the oil and natural gas industry, who are at work for America.

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American Energy Works: Tanker Safety Officer

Janet DeCastro of Polar Tankers wanted a life at sea, so she entered the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. One of the requirements for cadets was to go to sea for a year on a commercial vessel, and DeCastro’s assignment was aboard an oil tanker.

The experience has become a 24-year professional career – and is one of 9.2 million jobs supported by the oil and natural gas industry. In the video below, DeCastro talks about the ships on which she serves, and the role she plays ensuring safe delivery of oil and protection of the environment:

Visit American Energy Works.org for more videos and more stories from the people of the oil and natural gas industry, who are at work for America.

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