Retail and Business

Anawim Housing will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday to celebrate the completion of eight new townhouses.

The event will begin at 10 a.m. in front of the new properties located at 2201 Forest Ave. …

The Business Record will host a Power Breakfast on the topic of risk aversion and how that can affect opportunities for business startups and economic growth. The event will take place on Sept. 13.

Mike …

Kathryn Banasiak has purchased the majority interest in Diversified Management Services from Dick Goodson.

Goodson, who purchased the company along with two other co-owners in 1991, will act as a consultant for the next 2 …

Construction materials prices in July were 8.9 percent higher than they were a year ago, according to the Aug. 17 producer price index reported by the U.S. Department of Labor.

Prices rose 0.3 percent from …

Deere & Co., the world’s largest farm-equipment maker, posted fiscal third-quarter profit that topped analysts’ estimates and raised its full-year earnings forecast as global demand improved, Bloomberg reported. Net income for the three months ended …

Industrial production in the United States climbed in July by the most this year as carmakers started to shake off the effects of the disaster in Japan, Bloomberg reported.

The 0.9 percent increase in production …

Employees are bidding farewell to corporate America in the hope of finding a more secure, or at least fulfilling, future, according to CNBC.

They are reinventing themselves by starting their own companies or by pursuing …

Johnston ranks No. 13 on Money magazine’s 2011 list of the 100 best places to live, and it is the second-best city for finding an affordable home. The Money-anointed cities appear in the issue that …

Manufacturing in the New York region unexpectedly contracted in August for a third straight month as orders dropped and managers became less optimistic about the future, signaling that the industry that has led the economic …

Lowe’s Cos., the second-largest U.S. home-improvement retailer, said profit in its fiscal 2011 will be less than it previously projected as sales drop at stores open more than a year. Per-share profits in the year …