In a fourth-quarter earnings report today, the home improvement giant said its annual sales in 2007 dropped 2 percent, marking the company’s first-ever yearly sales decline.
Caroma USA is partnering with Global Green’s Green Schools initiative to help make two new charter high schools in South Los Angeles environmentally friendly.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Rinnai America Corp. have announced a voluntary recall of Rinnai’s direct-vent wall furnaces, models RHFE 431 and RHFE 556, sold through wholesale distributors nationwide to contractors and dealers from February 2000 through December 2007 for between $1,600 and $1,900.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is asking for public comment on a list of 104 possible drinking water contaminants that may need to be regulated in the future to ensure the continued protection of drinking water.
Interline Brands Inc., Jacksonville, FL, reported net income of $51 million for fiscal year 2007, up 16% vs. $44 million in adjusted pro forma net income for 2006.
America Standard America (AS America Inc.), Crane Plumbing LLC and Eljer Inc. recently announced their intent to merge, which is expected to take place in the second quarter of 2008.