Toro's mower sales decline. Americans these days apparently are sticking with their old mowers a little longer.

Estee Lauder Should Fear Resurgent Greenback. Estee Lauder Companies reported revenue of $2.01 billion and diluted earnings per share of 61 cents in its fiscal fourth quarter.

Saks, Medtronic, Beazer Homes big movers. Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Saks Inc.

St. Paul businesses flex hours during Republican Convention. For some workers in downtown St. Paul, the days of the Republican National Convention won't be business as usual - as several companies are giving employees the option to telecommute, to come in during off..

Ellison to oversee Home Depot's U.S. stores. The Home Depot Inc. has promoted Marvin Ellison to executive vice president of U.S. Stores.

Arctic Cat Hires Claude Jordan as President and COO. Padilla Speer Beardsley Inc. Shawn Brumbaugh, 612-455-1754 Arctic Cat Inc. today announced that the company has named Claude J. Jordan, 52, as president and chief operating officer, effective immediately.

Hines Horticulture files for Chapter 11. Hines Horticulture, Inc. today announced that it and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Hines Nurseries, Inc.

Big, big screens anchor high-tech digs. When fans stroll into Lucas Oil Stadium, they may wonder, just for a second: Am I at the mall? Massive high-definition TVs, kiosks of cell phones and Colts-themed video games are just some of what you'll see..

Dewberry Welcomes Expertise of Scott Trotter. August 20, 2008 - The Dallas office of Dewberry recently welcomed Scott Trotter as a senior geographic information systems project manager.

Zacks Industry Rank Analysis Highlights: ENGlobal, Fluor, Foster.. Stocks featured in this week's analysis includes ENGlobal, Fluor, Foster Wheeler, Jacobs Engineering and PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio.

URS buys Alaska's Tryck Nyman Hayes. URS Corp. acquired an Alaska-based engineering firm in a bid to boost work it derives from the U.S. Dept.

Baker to Conduct Bridge Type Study for New Kentucky Bridge. Michael Baker Jr., Inc., an engineering unit of Michael Baker Corporation, has been awarded a $1.1 million contract to conduct a Bridge Type Study for a new bridge to replace the existing U.S. 421 bridge over..

It's First and 10 For Fantasy Football on Facebook. Are Facebook users ready for some football? This fall, a couple of start-up software companies are trying to make a business out of melding two popular online activities: social networking and fantasy football. It certainly doesn't sound like much of a stretch. Fantasy sports leagues, in which gr..

Business Gets Personal Online. TechPost, which looks at people and ideas driving the local technology industry, runs Friday on the WashBiz Blog, at.

That 'Friend' May Be a Worm. If, by chance, you've received a message from a "friend" in the last few days saying that you've been caught on tape, it's not true. Unless you're Paris Hilton.

Data Breaches Have Surpassed Level for All of '07, Report Finds. More data breaches have been reported so far this year than in all of 2007, according to a report released yesterday by a nonprofit group that works to prevent fraud.

Meant to Sync, MobileMe Is Scattershot at the Start. If you want to use the same contact list and calendar on every computer you might sit in front of, there's a simple, reliable and cheap way to do so: Carry around a paper organizer.

Subscribers' Options to Change With Merger. The merger of XM and Sirius satellite radio companies raises a number of questions for subscribers of the two services and for Washington, which has been the home of XM for more than a decade.

Casual Friday: Spy Games, Spy Gear. In PC World' s ongoing efforts to celebrate sloth, we're taking a high-tech detour this week. I mean, yes, we'll find cool ways to kill time and slay spies--but how about, as well, some top secret tech that will show you how not to get caught while doing it?.

Creative Zen X-Fi MP3 Player. The Creative Zen X-Fi is beyond question a better all-around digital music player than any of Apple's current iPods. The X-Fi has better sound, superb headphones, an amazing feature set, expandable storage