Daily News For September 22, 2006        


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Today's Daily News

Manufacturers: Reward Retailers To Reduce False Product Returns
Unnecessary returns cost U.S. manufacturers an estimated $100 billion a year. Manufacturers have the power to lower those costs. Read more

Fed To Fund Heartland Corridor
A Memoranda of Agreement has been entered into by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Norfolk Southern Rail (NS),  the states of Virginia, West Virginia and Ohio that will mean the release of $95 million for the project. Read more

Wheeling-Pitt Merger With CSN Stalls
Service center Esmark forces change in agenda. Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corp. is refuting as “incorrect” reports that its proposed merger with Brazilian steelmaker Companhia Siderurgica Nacional has been canceled. Read more

Ingersoll-Rand Acquires Zeks
Ingersoll-Rand extends its portfolio of compressed-air technologies and bolsters its distribution network for compressed-air products and services. Read more

10 Best Machine Shops
The American Machinist 2006 benchmark survey of the U.S. machine shop industry helped to uncover and determine shops that are using the ideas of systematic measurement and business improvement methods based on carefully measuring the factors that lead to success. Read more


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