Restoration Hardware vice president charged in insider trading probe. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday charged a former vice president of Corte Madera-based Restoration Hardware with insider trading, saying he helped friends make nearly $1 million in unlawful..

Ohio stocks caught up in Wall Street downdraft. Stocks of Ohio companies are being caught up in the sell-off on Wall Street and markets around the world.

Home Depot fined $230k by NJ regulators. New Jersey regulators have fined The Home Depot Inc. more than $230,000 for running emergency generators on two poor air-quality days and failing to keep records of generator testing.

Procter & Gamble asks the UAE to put hope, smiles and courage on its.. In support of the October 2008 International Breast Cancer Awareness Month Proctor & Gamble ; will this year seek to encourage the UAE's shoppers to 'put a little hope in their shopping basket'. United Arab..

Locked up: Sales of safes grow as economy slides. Afraid cash isn't secure even behind the thick walls of banks, more people are turning to something that's protected money since the days of Jesse James and Bonnie and Clyde: safes.

Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. Reports September Sales Down 4% Against September 2007. Shannon L. Greene, 817-872-3200 or Magellan Fin, LLC Mark Gilbert, 317-867-2839 Tandy Leather Factory, Inc.

New Alberto-Culver prez: Let's grow. Kenneth "Casey" Keller, the new president of the U.S. business for Alberto-Culver, intends to find new ways for the Melrose Park company to grow.

WS Atkins buys Yorkshire firm. WS Atkins, Europe's largest design and engineering consultancy, has strengthened its position in the nuclear sector with the acquisition of MG Bennett & Associates, an engineering design company, from its..

HNTB survey: More Americans are using public transit. More than 24 million Americans, or 11 percent of the nation's adults, use buses, light rail, commuter rail and other public transit options more than they did last year, according to a survey by HNTB Cos.

Madison Capital Takes NYC Retail Condo for $86M. O'Conner Capital Partners has announced the closing of the sale of the retail condominium portion of the Manhattan House to Madison Partners for $86 million.

Yadkin residents regroup to fight Hoots jail site. A group of Yadkin County residents who went to court this summer to block the county from building a $7 million jail on Hoots Road is fighting the planning board's decision to once again recommend rezoning the..

Rusty Meadows looks for the next big deal. After 35 years in real estate - 25 as a founding principal of Ai architecture, which folded into Perkins and Will Inc.

Toys for tubs -- and other rooms. Housing starts may have slowed, but interest in toys for the home remains strong.

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Fairfax Financial increases stake in International Forest Products. Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. has increased its stake in International Forest Products Ltd.

City of Gilroy could grow southward. GILROY The city has received three applications - including one from itself - to expand Gilroy's southern reach by more than 500 acres.

Churchill Corp.a s Stuart Olson wins $169M work on Bow Valley College project. The Churchill Corp. said Wednesday its Stuart Olson Constructors unit has won a contract worth $169 million to expand Bow Valley College in Calgary.

Prosecution loses evidence for wrongdoing, Powell to testify for Stevens. Washington - The Justice Department called its last witness against Sen. Ted Stevens Wednesday but also was reprimanded for misconduct by the judge, who disallowed two pieces of evidence in their case against..

The Pink Panther Breaks Silence: Identifies Biggest Energy Consumer. TOLEDO, Ohio, Oct. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Armed with survey results revealing public misperceptions about energy use, The Pink Panther, Chief Energy Officer at Owens Corning, today broke his decades of..

Construction employment down 18% in 12 months to August. The number of people employed in the construction industry during August was almost 18% lower than the same month last year, according to the latest CSO figures.