News published on Business Daily in August 2020

News from August 2020


Inventories for businesses in the iron and steel mills and ferroalloy and steel product manufacturing industry decrease $121 million, or 0.6 percent, to $19.8 billion in April, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Lake Havasu Field Office has completed an Environmental Assessment (EA) and is seeking public input on a proposed mine plan from the Bonanza Mining Company for the Harquahala Mine Project.

Inventories for businesses in the primary metals industry decrease $466 million, or 1.3 percent, to $35.4 billion in April, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

2020 Arizona state house candidate, Deborah McEwen (district 2), has committed support for term limits on Congress by signing the Term Limits Convention pledge.

Arizona state senate candidate, Justine Wadsack (district 10), has committed support for term limits on Congress by signing the Term Limits Convention pledge.

Arizona is partnering with President Trump and his administration to extend unemployment benefits to nearly 400,000 Arizonans, making our state one of the first in the nation ready to make these benefits available to unemployment recipients.


Inventories for businesses in the durable goods industry was unchanged over April, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

The estimated sales for furniture, home furnishings, electronics and appliance stores for April 2020 was $7.1 billion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Advance Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services Survey.

The transportation equipment industry’s net sales in the first quarter of 2020 were down 12.3 percent from the same period last year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

The motion picture and sound recording industries had $7.5 billion in net sales in the 1st quarter of 2020.

Inventories for businesses in the pesticide, fertilizer and other agricultural chemical manufacturing industry increase $43 million, or 0.8 percent, to $5.4 billion in March, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Inventories held by petroleum and petroleum products wholesalers in April 2020 were valued at $14.1 billion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Inventories for businesses in the pesticide, fertilizer and other agricultural chemical manufacturing industry increase $43 million, or 0.8 percent, to $5.4 billion in March, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Inventories for businesses in the nonmetallic mineral products industry increase $119 million, or 0.8 percent, to $14.6 billion in April, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

There were eight retail trade businesses in Madison County zip codes that had between five and nine employees in 2017, according to County Business Patterns (CBP) statistics provided by the United States Census Bureau.

The motion picture and sound recording industries had $7.5 billion in net sales in the 1st quarter of 2020.

Sales by drugs and druggists' sundries wholesalers in April were $59.7 billion, nearly identical to the revised March 2020 level, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

One professional license is set to lapse in zip code 60817 during September, according to the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

The estimated sales for furniture stores for April 2020 was $1.9 billion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Advance Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services Survey.