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Wednesday May 23 | Cleaning & Maintenance Mgmt.

Ecolab recognized for sustainability and workplace safety

Ecolab Inc . has been recognized by the American Chemistry Council for energy efficiency initiatives at two manufacturing facilities and for employee safety at several of the company's manufacturing sites across the U.S., according to a press release .

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Related Topix: Household Products, Chemicals, Bedford Park, IL

Tue May 22, 2012

Investopedia

Stocks Showing Resilience

Roughly a 6% pullback for the broader market in the grand scheme of things is not a major move.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Medicine, Medical Equipment, Cyberonics, Healthcare Industry, Household Products, Chemicals, Beverages, PepsiCo, US Bancorp, Banking, Financial Services

Thu May 17, 2012

CBS Local

Good Question: How Often Should We Wash Towels, Sheets?

MINNEAPOLIS - We take a shower and wash our hands because we want to get clean, but then we pick up the week-old crusty hand towel.

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Related Topix: Household Products, Chemicals

Thu May 10, 2012

Business Journal

Ecolab's plant expansion to create jobs

St. Paul-based Ecolab said in a news release that the addition will increase the size of the dry polymer production facility to 1 million square feet and 235 employees.

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Related Topix: Household Products, Chemicals

Cleaning & Maintenance Mgmt.

Ecolab announces stakeholder agreement

The decision by a pair of Bill Gates-directed firms to pursue a large stake in Ecolab Inc .'s stock is "flattering" and won't harm the company's other shareholders, according to the Wall Street Journal .

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Related Topix: Household Products, Chemicals, Bill Gates, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Charitable Organizations

Wed May 09, 2012

AmericanBankingNews.com

Ecolab Given New $72.00 Price Target at Barclays Capital

The firm currently has an "overweight" rating on the stock. ECL has been the subject of a number of other recent research reports.

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Related Topix: Household Products, Chemicals, Financial Services, Investment Banking, Jefferies Group, Investment Services

Mon May 07, 2012

Star Tribune

Minnesota companies on the move in Fortune 500

A CHS truck unloaded fuel at a Cenex store in Montana. Inver Grove Heights-based CHS.

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Related Topix: Minnesota, Agriculture, CHS Inc, Inver Grove Heights, MN, Aerospace-Defense, Alliant Techsystems, Eden Prairie, MN, Household Products, Chemicals

SchaeffersResearch.com

Highs & Lows: Ecolab, Madison Square Garden, and Tempur-Pedic

Stocks are peeking just above the breakeven mark this afternoon, attempting to regain early losses stemming from the weekend elections in Europe .

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Household Products, Chemicals, Personal Finance, Day Trading

Fox News

Ecolab, Dillard's Among Stocks Hitting 52-Week Highs Monday

While trading on below-average volume, Ecolab improved today, reaching and then surpassing its previous 52-week high of $64.50. It peaked at $64.88. Shares have climbed 1.9% with volume of 1.3 million shares.

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Related Topix: Retail, Dillards, Household Products, Chemicals, Business News

Star Tribune

Bill Gates gets green light to up stake in Ecolab

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, already Ecolab Inc.'s largest shareholder through his investment vehicles, would be able to increase to 25 percent his ownership stake in the St.

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Related Topix: Household Products, Chemicals, Bill Gates, Microsoft, Startups, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Charitable Organizations, Kirkland, WA

Sat May 05, 2012

Star Tribune

Confident Minnesota companies perform despite turbulence

Workers prepare engines for installation into Polaris' Ranger side-by-side vehicles at the company's plant in Roseau, Minn.

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Related Topix: Polaris ATV, All-Terrain Vehicles, Polaris Ranger, Roseau, MN, Household Products, Chemicals, Pentair, Manufacturing, Electronics, Stratasys, Computers, Computer-Aided Design, Manufacturing and Engineering, Software

AmericanBankingNews.com

Ecolab Given "Buy" Rating at Jefferies Group

's stock had its "buy" rating reiterated by investment analysts at Jefferies Group in a note issued to investors on Friday.

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Related Topix: Household Products, Chemicals, Financial Services, Investment Banking, Jefferies Group, Investment Services

Free Republic

Group submits signatures for California business tax change on November ballot

The stage was set Friday for three revenue-raising measures to qualify for the November ballot after a group led by hedge-fund manager Tom Steyer submitted more than 900,000 signatures for a tax increase on out-of-state businesses.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Jerry Brown, Household Products, Chemicals

Fri May 04, 2012

HAPPI/Household & PP Industry

Ecolab Rolls Out Pest Elimination System for Food Service

Ecolab Inc. will launch Stealth Fly Station at the National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show, May 5-8, in Chicago.The Stealth system can educe flies in full- and quick-service restaurants and other food industry facilities by up to 50%, according to Ecolab.. "The presence of large flies inside a restaurant is considered a ... (more)

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Related Topix: Household Products, Chemicals, Food Science, E. Coli, Health, Entomology, Science

Tajikistan News.Net

Ecolab shareholder proposal voted down

An investor's proposal to give Ecolab Inc. shareholders more oversight over the company's political contributions was soundly defeated at Ecolab's annual meeting Thursday.

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Related Topix: Household Products, Chemicals

Star Tribune

Ecolab shareholder proposal voted down

An investor's proposal to give Ecolab Inc. shareholders more oversight over the company's political contributions was soundly defeated at Ecolab's annual meeting Thursday.

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Related Topix: Household Products, Chemicals, US Politics, Representative Michele Bachmann, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, John Kline

Freshnews

Ecolab to Introduce PartsXpressSM Online at 2012 NRA Show

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- -- Ecolab Inc. will launch PartsXpress SM Online for the commercial kitchen equipment industry at the 2012 National Restaurant Association Show, May 5-8, in Chicago.

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Related Topix: Household Products, Chemicals, Internet, Science / Technology

Thu May 03, 2012

Food Production Daily

Ecolab forecasts strong 2012, as Nalco takeover costs hit Q1 results

Ecolab's year-on-year income almost halved in the first three months of 2012 after the firm revealed integration and restructuring costs following the acquisition of Nalco last year reached more than US$41m. The global water, hygiene, safety and energy giant reported its net income fell from $93m in Q1 2011 to just under $50m a year later- a drop ... (more)

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Related Topix: Household Products, Chemicals

Wed May 02, 2012

AmericanBankingNews.com

Ecolab Given New $68.00 Price Target at Credit Suisse

ECL has been the subject of a number of other recent research reports. Analysts at Deutsche Bank raised their price target on shares of Ecolab from $70.00 to $75.00 in a research note to investors on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Household Products, Chemicals

Tue May 01, 2012

Seeking Alpha

Ecolab's CEO Discusses Q1 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Welcome to the Ecolab First Quarter 2012 Earnings Release Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] This call is being recorded.

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Related Topix: Household Products, Chemicals

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