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St. Louis-based Gardex is offering up its Disaster Clean-Up Rake as a must-have tool in the wake of all the recent tornadoes and wildfires.

Housing starts for the month of May rose 6.8% from April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 914,000, according to data released Tuesday morning by the Commerce Department. The revised April estimate stood at 856,000. 

The May total is 28.6% above the May 2012 rate of 711,000.

Single-family housing starts in May were at a rate of 599,000, which is 0.3% above the revised April figure of 597,000. The May rate for units in buildings with five units or more was 306,000. 

Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Do it Best Corp. earned recognition from Dale Carnegie Training.

La Mirada, Calif.-based Makita U.S.A. launched a new mobile app with a dashboard of options that includes a dealer locator, tool registration, an interactive sales tool for dealers, and more.

The app is the latest in Makita’s drive to provide more valuable and interactive content to both tool users and dealers.

Stocks were looking rather glum at Wednesday's close.

3M has made some adjustments to its leadership team in the form of a new SVP supply chain.

Effecitve immediately, previous managing director 3M United Kingdom-Ireland Region Paul Keel will fill the role in lieu of Christopher Holmes, who is retiring.

“Paul is an accomplished leader whose strategic thinking skills, international experience and demonstrated record of success make him uniquely qualified for this role,” said Inge Thulin, 3M chairman, president and CEO.

The appliances keeps drinks and ingredients close at hand. 

Hhgregg plans to close all 220 stores by the end of May.