TEMPE AZ – Economic activity in the US manufacturing sector contracted in July for the second time since July 2009, says the Institute for Supply Management.

Read more: ISM: July Manufacturing Contraction Reflects Concern about ‘Economic Uncertainty’

PROSPECT, CT – Forty-two percent of US OEMs surveyed indicate they expect to have more outsourcing projects/purchases in the next year than in the past twelve months. This is up 3% over the previous year and up 11% from the 2010 Design-2-Part Manufacturing Trends Survey.

Read more: Survey: 42% of OEMs Expect Outsourcing in the Next Year

HONG KONG -- Global economic turmoil has seriously impacted growth in the PC market and it will remain sequentially weak leading up to the launch of Windows 8, whose initial benefit will mainly be satisfying delayed demand from the third quarter.

Read more: Notebook PC Vendors Await Windows 8

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Worldwide mobile phone shipments grew 1% year-over-year in the second quarter as Samsung and Apple solidified their dominance over the smartphone market.

Read more: Busy Signals Lessen at Cellphone OEMs