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Sherwin-Williams Acquires Rival Valspar in $9-billion Deal

March 23, 2016

Paint manufacturing giant Sherwin- Williams Co. on March 20 announced that it will acquire rival The Valspar Corp. in an all-cash transaction worth roughly $9 billion.

Liability

Lawsuits Target Flint's Engineers

The engineers appear not to have been hired to do tasks to detect lead poisoning in the drinking water

March 23, 2016

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Flint shows how vulnerable the public is when government officials try to cut costs on basic infrastructure without seeing the big picture.

North Carolina Restarts Stalled Devere Construction Projects

Jim Parsons

March 23, 2016

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The North Carolina Dept. of Transportation (NCDOT) gradually is restarting four road projects idled in late January, when Alpena, Mich.-based DeVere Construction Co. withdrew from the jobs in an apparent payment dispute with the agency.

Worker Death at Wilshire Grand Tower in L.A. Ruled a Suicide by Coroner

March 23, 2016

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The cause of death of an electrician who fell from the 53rd floor of the under- construction Wilshire Grand project in downtown Los Angeles has been ruled a suicide by the Los Angeles County coroner’s office.

NASA Offers Risk-Management Tools for Offshore Oil Drilling

March 23, 2016

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration will help the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement to analyze and reduce risks for offshore oil-and-gas operations under a memorandum of understanding signed on March 17.