Day: February 3, 2011

Sunbeam Products Inc. Recalls Convertible Irons 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…]

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…]

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…]

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