WASHINGTON, July 19 (UPI) -- The sluggish housing market and rising gas prices has trimmed the market for riding lawnmowers, industry analysts say.
OSLO, Norway, April 23 (UPI) -- Norwegian military authorities deny a lack of crucial equipment is endangering the country's troops fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan.
LAS VEGAS, March 13 (UPI) -- U.S. farm and heavy equipment maker Deere & Co. Thursday said it will lean on overseas markets, where construction equipment sales are expected to boom.
WARSAW, Poland, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Sweden’s Getinge AB, a producer of healthcare equipment, will close plants in Britain and the United States and move its facilities to Poland.
GALVESTON, Texas, May 4 (UPI) -- The City of Galveston, Texas, is holding a yard-sale style auction for surplus property that includes two used ambulances.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 5 (UPI) -- The Union of Concerned Scientists, analyzing the effects of construction pollution in California, blames 1,100 deaths a year on the contamination.
AUGUSTA, Ga., Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has ceased operating its Augusta, Ga., facility and will auction all of the plant's equipment in January 2007.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- A group of U.S. private equity groups is paying $3.8 billion for control of the construction equipment rental business of Sweden's Atlas Copco AB.
CHICAGO, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- More than 20 potential power suppliers prepared to simulate Illinois' "reverse auction" that will set consumers' electric rates for 2007.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- The U.S. Defense Department says it will reimburse troops for protective equipment, including body armor, eye protectors and insect repellant.
LONDON, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- The estate of actor Peter Sellers has filed suit against the BBC in Britain, alleging it illegally used footage from his home videos on a DVD documentary.
LONDON, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Online auction firm eBay is offering what it says is a first edition of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, reports the BBC.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 18 (UPI) -- Genstar Capital of San Francisco said Friday it has acquired privately held Woods Equipment of Oregon, Ill.
SAN JOSE, Calif., April 30 (UPI) -- Sellers on EBay are complaining that the California Internet auction company is not moving fast enough to fix billing problems.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- The gathering momentum of troop and equipment deployments to the Perian Gulf region became increasingly evident Saturday. Announcements were made in the United
