WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 3, 2011. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.[Read More…]
Day: February 3, 2011
NOAA Reopens More Than 4,000 Square Miles of Gulf Waters to Royal Red Shrimping
NEW ORLEANS–(ENEWSPF)–February 3, 2011. NOAA today reopened 4,213 square miles of Gulf of Mexico federal waters off Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama to royal red shrimping. The area was closed to this type of deep water fishing on Nov. 24 as a precautionary measure after a commercial shrimper discovered tar balls[Read More…]
Preliminary Report: Productivity and Costs, Fourth Quarter and Annual Averages 2010
Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—February 3, 2011. Nonfarm business sector labor productivity increased at a 2.6 percent annual rate during the fourth quarter of 2010, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This gain in productivity reflects increases of 4.5 percent in output and 1.8 percent in hours worked. (All quarterly percent[Read More…]
IDOT Partners with State Police to Launch Impaired Driving Campaign for Super Bowl Weekend
SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–February 3, 2011. The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and Illinois State Police (ISP) officials today launched the You Drink & Drive. You Lose campaign and announced their efforts to boost enforcement over Super Bowl weekend. As part of the mobilization, nearly 100 local police departments and county sheriff offices[Read More…]
Six ARPA-E Projects Illustrate Private Investors Excited About Clean Energy Innovation
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 3, 2011. In a little over one year, six projects that received a total of $23.6 million in seed funding from the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Project Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) have generated more than $100 million in outside private capital investment, Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today.[Read More…]
DOE Facilitates Market-Driven Solutions to Develop and Deploy New High-Efficiency Commercial Air Conditioners
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 3, 2011. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced that the Department of Energy is joining with the private sector to support market-based efforts to develop and deploy next-generation high-efficiency air conditioners for commercial buildings. As part of a voluntary program, the Department worked with members of the DOE[Read More…]
Two Year Anniversary of Children’s Health Insurance Law Sees Millions of Newly Insured Children, Families
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 3, 2011. Two years after President Obama signed the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced that more than two million more children were served by Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) at some point over the past year. Together, the[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending January 29, 2011
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 3, 2011. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending Jan. 29, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 415,000, a decrease of 42,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 457,000. The 4-week moving average was 430,500, an increase of 1,000 from the previous week’s revised[Read More…]
Ford Recall of Certain Model Year 2009 and 2010 F-150 Vehicles
Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—February 3, 2011. Summary: Ford is recalling certain model year 2009 and 2010 F-150 vehicles manufactured from January 18, 2008, through November 30, 2009. The interior door handle housing embossment retaining the interior door handle spring may fracture during normal usage resulting in insufficient spring force to return the[Read More…]
DeVilbiss Recalls Air Compressors Due to Fire Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 3, 2011. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.[Read More…]