TEMPE, AZ – The June PMI registered 50.9%, up 1.9 percentage points, the Institute for Supply Management said today.

FRAMINGHAM, MA – International Data Corp.’s May PC forecast projected worldwide PC shipment declines of 11.7% in the second quarter of 2013, 4.7% in the third quarter, and 1.6% in the fourth quarter, resulting in a total annual drop of 7.8% for the year.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – Total North American PCB shipments fell 4.4% year-over-year in May, but orders increased 8.3% compared to last year.

EL SEGUNDO, CA -- Contract manufacturers of notebook computers suffered a worse-than-expected first quarter after shipments to clients like Apple and Hewlett-Packard tumbled to the lowest level in three years, according to IHS.