Industrial firms' profits rose 20% year-on-year in June to 791.8 billion yuan ($122.27 billion), data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Tuesday, after a 36.4% increase in May. "The unevenness in the recovery of corporate profitability still exists, with private firms and small businesses facing a slow rebound," said Zhu Hong, a senior statistician at the NBS, adding that this was due to persistently high commodity prices and disruptions in supply chains. In the first half of 2021, industrial firms' profits grew a hefty 66.9% from a pandemic-induced slump in the same period a year earlier.

Phyllis Gould, one of the millions of women who worked in defense plants in World War II and who later relentlessly fought for recognition of those “Rosie the Riveters,” has died. Gould, who lived in Fairfax, north of San Francisco, died on July 20 from complications of a stroke, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. “She wants on her gravestone: ‘Mission Accomplished,’” her 95-year-old sister, Marian Sousa, told the paper on Monday.

Jul. 26—GEORGETOWN — The Floyd County Commissioners and the Town of Georgetown are seeking state funding to pursue projects that local leaders say would drive major economic development in the county and region. The two entities have submitted project proposals for inclusion in Our Southern Indiana regional development authority's application for a Regional Economic Acceleration and ...

Jul. 26—GOSHEN — A vacant Main Street house was found unsafe for human habitation during a meeting of the Goshen Board of Public Works and Safety Monday afternoon. Monday's hearing involved a property at 521 S. Main St., owned by Ron Davidhizar, 203 Middlebury St., Goshen. According to Ryan Conrad, property maintenance inspector for the city, the property was originally inspected March 4 and ...

Jul. 26—A sexual battery at the Elkhart County 4H Fair is apparently under investigation. Elkhart County police received a report alleging a sexual battery occurred at the fairgrounds, 17746 C.R. 34, in Goshen around 7:25 p.m. Sunday. Police did not report the age or gender of the person reporting the incident. ARRESTS —Robert Hummer, 33, Osceola, was arrested by Elkhart County police and ...