Black & Decker says recall, slowdown hurt results
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Black & Decker Corp , maker of power tools and hardware, said on Friday that worse-than-expected business conditions and an expected recall would hurt results for the current quarter and full year.
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The Swiffer Sweep+Vac, a battery-operated vacuum cleaner distributed by Procter &amp; Gamble Co., is being voluntarily recalled due to a smoke and fire risk, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said on Friday.
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Black & Decker Corp , a maker of power tools and home-improvement products, on Monday reported a higher quarterly profit but gave a first-quarter outlook that was lower than Wall Street forecasts, citing the sluggish U.S. housing market.
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A slowdown in automobile and financial advertising hurt the companyÂs advertising sales over the last few weeks.
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About 600,000 General Electric slow  cookers sold at Wal-Mart stores are being recalled because the  handles on the base could break and pose a burn hazard, the  U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Thursday.
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Procter &amp; Gamble is recalling a battery-operated vacuum cleaner it introduced in September this year. The company reports there have been a few cases in which the rotor locked up on its &quot;Sweep Vac&quot; by Swiffer
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Merck & Co. MRK.N on Thursday said  its third-quarter profit fell, hurt by big charges for the  recall of the company's Vioxx arthritis drug in late September  after it was linked to heart attacks and strokes.
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Black & Decker Corp  and Stanley Works  on Monday gave dim forecasts for 2008 as a slowdown in the U.S. housing market has stifled demand for building equipment.
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Lexmark has ordered the recall of more than 39,000 Dell, IBM and Lexmark branded laser printers due to short-circuiting problems that could lead to electrical shocks.
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Procter &amp; Gamble Co. is recalling its battery-operated Sweep+Vac by Swiffer vacuum cleaners because of a possible fire hazard.
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In recent months, Intel delayed several chips and recalled other, defective ones. It overestimated demand, thereby causing an inventory glut.
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The following recalls have been announced:
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The recall of 2.3 million Maytag dishwashers has generated so many calls to the company that it could not handle the volume, a Consumer Product Safety Commission spokesman said yesterday.
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Lithium ion technology got burnt in the summer's recall season, but Boston Power says it has a better way to deliver the power.
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Boston Scientific Corp. (BSX.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , whose Taxus heart device has been involved in a major recall, said on Wednesday preliminary August sales of the device slowed
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Solectron Corp., which manufactures electronics sold under other brands, reported a narrowed loss for its latest quarter as margins and revenue both improved from last year.
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A Massachusetts company that made  equipment to shock a stopped heart back to life is recalling  10,000 of its external defibrillators after they failed to  work, Access CardioSystems Inc. said.