Summary
The Black & Decker Corporation makes power tools and accessories, hardware and other home improvement products and home appliances. The company also markets products under the Dewalt, Porter-Cable and Kwikset brand names, among others. Black & Decker tools, which feature a distinctive orange and black design, include an array of drills and saws, as well as more specialized items such as angle grinders and laser levels. Sales of power tools accounted for 74% of the company's 2006 sales. Other products include toaster ovens, vacuums and battery-chargers. Black & Decker's roots date to the early 1900s, when S. Duncan Black and Alonzo G. Decker founded a small machine shop in Baltimore, Md. Today, Black & Deck...
The Black & Decker Corporation makes power tools and accessories, hardware and other home improvement products and home appliances. The company also markets products under the Dewalt, Porter-Cable and Kwikset brand names, among others. Black & Decker tools, which feature a distinctive orange and black design, include an array of drills and saws, as well as more specialized items such as angle grinders and laser levels. Sales of power tools accounted for 74% of the company's 2006 sales. Other products include toaster ovens, vacuums and battery-chargers. Black & Decker's roots date to the early 1900s, when S. Duncan Black and Alonzo G. Decker founded a small machine shop in Baltimore, Md. Today, Black & Decker is the world's largest manufacturer of power tools and accesories; it reported net earnings of $486 million in 2006.
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Robert V. Phelps, 72
Robert Victor Phelps, a retired owner of a manufacturing business, died of congestive heart failure April 16 at St. Joseph Medical Center. He was 72 and lived in Timonium. Born in Baltimore and raised in Govans, he was a 1953 graduate of Polytechnic...Tags: Death and Dying, Govans, General Electric Company, Timonium, Hunt Valley
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Things moving in Hampstead, if only they had that bypass
Special to The SunIf you want to strike up a conversation with a stranger on the streets of Hampstead, just mention the word traffic, advises Chris Cavey. "You'll have a compadre for life," he said with a laugh. The first reported appearance of a car in Hampstead was in...Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Vehicles, Water Supply, Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Incorporated
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