Month: April 2013

(April 3, 2013) -- The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) non-manufacturing index dropped to 54.4 in March 2013 from 56.0 in February. Market expectations had been for a smaller decline in the measure to 55.5. ADP private employment increased by 158,000 in March 2013, which was below market expectations for a 200,000 increase.

(April 3, 2013) -- Moundsville city leaders are determined to get tougher on trailer and camper sites moving into town, reports WTOV Steubenville.

(April 3, 2013) -- Bank of the West's charitable foundation will award a $100,000 program-related investment to Fresno Community Development Financial Institution to support small business development, reports the Fresno Business Journal.

(April 3, 2013) -- The winner of Out And About Live's iPad competition will be announced in this week’s e-newsletter, the publication announced yesterday.

(April 3, 2013) -- A Cummins shareholder wants the company’s chairman of the board of directors to be independent — not, as has traditionally been the case, the company’s CEO, reports The Republic.

(April 3, 2013) -- Boise police are advising people to secure valuable recyclables, including batteries and metals, after making two arrests last month, reports The Idaho Statesman.

(April 3, 2013) -- Investigators are looking for whoever used spray paint to do more than $20,000 in damage in a Greenville County neighborhood over the weekend, writes WYFF Greenville.

(April 3, 2013) -- AGS' top-performing ad reps in 2012 sold their house seven years ago and haven't looked back. The full-time RVers are not only successful at their jobs, but at making time for fun.

(April 3, 2013) -- After 41 years in the finance department of Winnebago Industries in Forest City, 61-year-old Dwight Leerar has retired, reports the Mason City Globe Gazette.

(April 3, 2013) -- The Crean Foundation recently contributed $60,000 toward the RV/MH Hall of Fame's "Burn the Bank Note" Challenge, the Hall announced today. The donation was ear-marked to honor the memory of Fleetwood Enterprises founder John C. Crean.