In this Thursday, July 19, 2012 photo, a load of laundry is loaded into a washing machine in Pittsburgh. Orders for long-lasting U.S. factory goods, excluding the volatile transportation category, fell in July for the fourth time in five months, a sign that manufacturing may be faltering, according to data released by the Commerce Department, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
FILE- In a Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, file photo, Robert Vella, center, works with fellow traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. On Thursday Aug. 23, 2012 with prospects of the Fed helping the economy seeming less certain than the day before, stocks fell (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)
In this Thursday, July 19, 2012 photo, a shopper looks at washing machines in a Best Buy store in Pittsburgh. Orders for long-lasting U.S. factory goods, excluding the volatile transportation category, fell in July for the fourth time in five months, a sign that manufacturing may be faltering, according to data released by the Commerce Department, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
WASHINGTON — Signs that U.S. manufacturing is faltering emerged from a report Friday that orders for long-lasting factory goods, excluding the volatile transportation category, fell in July for the fourth time in five months. Overall orders for durable goods rose a seasonally adjusted 4.2 percent …
