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Murray Supply Co. (Winston-Salem, NC) held a BrassCraft Pig Pickin’ at the Apex branch on Dec. 12, 2007. Robert Stokley from Pro-Marketing demonstrated several commercial and residential products from BrassCraft.

In January, total nonfarm payroll employment was about unchanged (-17,000) for a total of 138.1 million workers, after edging up in November (60,000) and December (82,000), the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

The value of construction spending in 2007 was $1,161.3 billion, 2.6 percent below the $1,192.2 billion spent in 2006.

Klein Tools recently added a Tape Stop Power-Return Rule to its existing line of power-return rules. The 150th anniversary limited edition tape measure features a self-lock blade and is designed

AIRIUS LLC received the Green Building Pages 2007 Benchmarking Sustainability Building Product “End of Product Life” Award for its AIRIUS Thermal Equalizer at the U.S. Green Building Council’s Greenbuild International

The Home Depot recently announced it would lay off 500 workers from the roughly 5,000 employees working at its Atlanta headquarters.

John A. Chernak, 78, former president and chairman of Cleveland-based Tomlinson Industries, died Jan. 22 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Reno, Nev.

HD Supply, Orlando, FL, has decided not to move forward with a deal to sell its HVAC business to Coconut Grove, FL-based HVAC distributor Watsco.

Construction industry stakeholders are increasingly recognizing green building capabilities as being a necessary part of a firm’s best practices, according to FMI’s 2008 U.S. Construction Overview.

Bradley will be sponsoring the Focus on Energy 2008 Green Manufacturing Summit on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008 at the Schlitz Audobon Nature Center in Bayside WI.