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Sacramento, CA, Aug. 14, 2009--AstroTurf has reportedly agreed to reformulate its products, replace fields and playground surfaces installed over the last five years and pay thousands in fines in a settlement in California.
Granbury, TX, Aug. 14, 2009--Flooring Installation Association of North America, in conjunction with its new partnership with BlueVolt, is introducing the new FIANA Training Center, web-based learning platform.
Minneapolis, MN, Aug. 13, 2009--Tennant said that its ec-H2O floor cleaning technology will be featured on the cable television program “World’s Greatest..!”
Beijing, China, Aug. 14, 2009--Having stripped its own country of a considerable amount of its natural forests, China has become the largest importer of logs in the world.
Washington, DC, Aug. 14, 2009--U.S. consumer prices were down 2.1% year-over-year in the sharpest annual decline since 1950, the Labor Department reported Friday.
New York, NY, Aug. 14, 2009--FBR Capital Markets has upgraded Home Depot, Inc. shares to Outperform from Market Perform, while downgrading Lowe's Companies Inc. shares to Market Perform from Outperform.
Madison, WI, Aug. 14, 2009--Leonardo Academy has appointed Eric Lombardi, executive director of Eco-Cycle, one of the largest nonprofit recycling organizations in the U.S., to the SCS-002 Standards Committee Environmental Interest Category.
Washington, DC, Aug. 14, 2009--U.S. industrial output rose in July for the first time since October, the Federal Reserve reported Friday.
Kansas City, MO, Aug. 13, 2009--The Federal Reserve of Kansas City has painted a bleak employment picture for the next decade in a new paper posted on its website.
Calhoun, GA, Aug. 13, 2009--Mohawk is realigning its commercial carpet manufacturing operations.