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Brunswick to close 12 plants, cut as many as 2,700 jobs
Dow Jones NewswiresIn an effort to improve profitability and further address the downturn in the U.S. marine market, Brunswick Corp. (BC) plans to cut annual costs by $300 million from 2007, including shuttering four more plants. The recreational outdoor and indoor... -
Brunswick to cut out 4 more plants
Chicago Tribune reporterBrunswick Corp.'s move Thursday to close four more plants and lay off up to 2,700 workers underscores how a wobbly economy and soaring fuel prices have clobbered the U.S. pleasure boat business. With annual U.S. boat sales down almost 8 percent last year...Tags: Unemployment, Consumer Confidence, Layoffs and Downsizing, Motorcycles and Motorbikes, Fishing
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Mercury Marine settles EPA clean air charges
Mecury Marine will pay $25,000 to resolve alleged violations of federal clean air regulations. Mercury Marine spokesman Steve Fleming says the penalty is the result of an incident last year in which the company smelted a basket of off-grade aluminum...Tags: Environmental Politics
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Driver's license data on device stolen from Brunswick bowling center
Brunswick Corp. said Monday that an electronic device that scans customers' driver's licenses to make sure they're of legal drinking age was stolen from a company-owned bowling facility in suburban Naperville. The device, which verifies whether a... -
Charges erode Brunswick's gain; Exelon down 16%
Tribune reporterBrunswick Corp., saddled with special charges linked to the company's effort to reduce capacity in response to weaker demand, said first-quarter earnings from continuing operations dropped 61 percent, on a 3 percent downturn in sales. The big-ticket...Tags: Corporations, Company Information, Consumers, Nuclear Power, Energy KD
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Week ahead
Monday •Earnings: Arch Coal Inc.; Bank of America Corp.; Boston Scientific Corp.; Eli Lilly & Co.; Halliburton Co.; Hanesbrands Inc.; Mattel Inc.; Merck & Co.; Nabors Industries Ltd.; Quest Diagnostics Inc.; Texas Instruments Inc. Tuesday &#...Tags: Broadcom Corp., Tellabs Incorporated, Yahoo! Inc., Coach Incorporated, Lilly Eli & Co
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Annual list filled with paradoxes Weak dollar helps boost bottom line
Special to the TribuneIf 2006 was a year in which investors watched as a rising tide lifted most boats, 2007 was the year is which they closed their eyes and held their breath. Crises in the financial-services and housing sectors, a weakening dollar and the smallest gain in...Tags: Prices, Company Information, Tribune Company, Financial and Business Services, Lake County (Illinois)
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GE exit from boat lending won't sink sector
From ReutersCHICAGO -- General Electric Co.'s decision this week to no longer lend consumers money to buy motorhomes and boats was more bad news for the recreational vehicle and boat industry. While the move by GE Money is likely to prompt the many other lenders...Tags: Consumers, BNP Paribas, Credit and Debt, Consumer Confidence, General Electric Company
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The week ahead
Chicago TribuneMonday: -- Earnings: American Express Co.; Apollo Group Inc.; Apple Inc.; Halliburton Co.; Hasbro Inc.; Kimberly-Clark Corp.; Merck & Co.; Pactiv Corp.; PrivateBancorp Inc.; Schering-Plough Corp.; Texas Instruments Inc.; Wintrust Financial Corp.; Zebra...Tags: Precision Castparts Corporation, Coach Incorporated, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Incorporated, MBIA Incorporated, Merck & Company Incorporated
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The week ahead
Chicago TribuneMonday: Earnings: A.O. Smith Corp.; American Express Co.; Compass Bancshares Inc.; CSX Corp.; Eaton Corp.; Packaging Corporation of America; Texas Instruments Inc.; Wintrust Financial Corp.; Woodward Governor Co. Tuesday: Earnings: Advanced Micro Devices...Tags: McGraw-Hill Companies Incorporated (The), McCormick & Company Inc., Tellabs Incorporated, Yahoo! Inc., Coach Incorporated
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