Ace Hardware Corp. will shelve plans to switch from a
dealer-owner cooperative to a corporation after discovering a $154 million
accounting shortfall that dates back at least five years.
According to the ADP Small
Business Report, total private employment among small businesses (U.S.
companies with fewer than 50 employees) increased by 44,000 in August.
BNP Media has announced the acquisition of the
Professional Services Division of Ascend Media, which includes the Food,
Beverage and Packaging Group, and the Gaming Group of magazines, conferences,
websites and events.
Tavenner Wolseley plc (Reading, England) appointed Bill Tavenner to director of the new Commercial/Mechanical Business Group for its North American Division, which formerly was part of the Commercial Industrial Business
Cardinal Supply, part of the Century Group (Valparaiso, IN), named Brad Wright branch manager of its Goshen, IN, location. Wright has more than 25 years of wholesale supply business experience.