The father of a 9-year-old girl who attends Washington Elementary School is suing the Romeo (MI) Community School District, citing black mold as the cause for his daughter’s illness.
President George W. Bush met with Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan to get “independent advice and counsel about the state of our economy,” said the president, who also met with his team of economic advisors.
The Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) has informed the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) that it opposes imposition of tariffs and quotas on imported steel.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and New York City have announced a five-year plan to preserve affordable housing for 1,500 families that “have fallen prey to unscrupulous lenders and nonprofit organizations in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx.”
In a speech at the Center for National Policy, Senator Tom Daschle (D-SD) said that the way the United States has won the “economic battle” in the past “is by keeping our fiscal house in order.”
Dynegy Corp.’s investment in Enron, and its short-lived legal battle after Enron declared bankruptcy, has resulted in Dynegy acquiring a major natural gas pipeline.
Rheem Manufacturing Co. and Paloma Industries have reached a definitive agreement to acquire the Australasian water heater businesses of Southcorp Holdings Ltd., effective December 31, 2001.
Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-CT), chairman of the Governmental Affairs Committee, together with Senator Carl Levin (D-MI), chairman of the Subcommittee on Investigations, announced an investigation into the failure of energy trading company Enron.
The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) announced that its BACnet® standard should be simpler to use, now that all addenda have been consolidated into one document.