In another report, orders for durable goods jumped 1.6 percent in August.

Just one day ago, she had given the orders and people jumped when she spoke.

He gave his orders and the crew jumped to obey them.

Sales in the wireless telephone division were up 37 percent from a year ago, and orders jumped 67 percent, the company said.

Analysts expect orders for Embraer's new jets to jump in the next few years.

Foreign orders for such tools jumped 175.2 percent, to $48.9 million.

Instead, orders for nonmilitary capital goods jumped 2.9 percent in January.

By industry, orders for primary metals such as steel jumped 10.1 percent in September, to $10.4 billion.

In September and October, orders for capital equipment jumped 11 percent to a record high.

New orders for American-made machine tools jumped 46.2 percent in October, to $267.3 million, an industry group reported.