Parker Hannifin Corporation (NYSE: PH) announced on June 3 2008 that it had acquired industrial hose manufacturer Titan Industries now known as Parker Titan. Headquartered in South Gate California Parker Titan manufactures custom and composite hoses for the dredging industry and other industrial applications. The company has another manufacturing facility in Salisbury North Carolina and sales offices in Houston Texas and Arvada Colorado. Read More

How They Voted

January 30, 2009

A listing of all members of the House of Representatives and how they voted on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (H.R. 1)is on the following web site:… Read More

On Wednesday January 28th the US House of Representatives passed H.R. 1 the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The bill passed with a vote of 244 - 188 with no Republicans voting for the bill. The House bill includes $526.5 billion in spending and $275 billion in tax cuts of that spending figure only about 5% will go toward infrastructure. Read More

Washington D.C. January 28 2009. The U.S. inland waterways were given a grade of D- by the American Society of Civil Engineers in their 2009 Report Card for Americas Infrastructure.Announced three months early in order to provide input to the Congressional debate on a hefty infrastructure stimulus bill the report card awarded an overall grade of D to the Nations infrastructure with individual grades given in 15 categories Read More