US manufacturing activity expands at brisk pace in December as new orders, hiring pick up By Washington Examiner January 2, 2014 3:03 pm FacebookTwitterEmailPrint Add Washington Examiner on Google FacebookTwitterEmailPrint WASHINGTON (AP) — US manufacturing activity expands at brisk pace in December as new orders, hiring pick up. Recommended Stories A deputy chief of Russian military intelligence was shot and wounded in Moscow'Not Alaska First': Peltola's Green New Deal allies draw scrutiny in Alaska Senate bidTwo ‘narco-terrorists’ killed in latest military strike in Eastern Pacific TagsNation Related Content News A deputy chief of Russian military intelligence was shot and wounded in Moscow Magazine American decline, or a rebound? Faith, Freedom, and Self-Reliance Spain’s crusade against X aims to stamp out discussion of ‘electoral engineering’ Community and Family Trump puts seniors first by making drugs affordable again Opinion Trump’s leadership restores US influence in Latin America