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Acuity Brands, the Atlanta lighting products maker, said Tuesday it will shed 800 jobs - - or 11 percent of its work force - - in response to a weak housing market that also hurt fiscal fourth-quarter results.

Shares of the following companies were among those that made notable moves in the U.S. stock market Tuesday: Advancers Advanced Micro Devices Inc., the Sunnyvale, Calif., chipmaker, plans to spin off its ...

A century-old maker of lighting fixtures on Tuesday announced plans to shut down a Utica plant and scale back operations in Newark.

Holophane Losing 300 Jobs Tue, Oct 07, 2008. 03:17 PM There is some bad economic news for some workers in Licking County.

Acuity Brands, announced that it will hold its Annual Meeting of Stockholders at 1:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, January 8, 2009, in the Ballroom of the Four Seasons Hotel, 75 Fourteenth Street NE, Atlanta, Georgia.

Acuity Brands Inc. said Tuesday that its fiscal fourth-quarter net income fell to $41.9 million, or $1.02 a share, from $51.5 million, or $1.16 a share, in the year-ago period.

MarketWatch MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO -- Among shares expected to see active trade in Tuesday's session are those of Alcoa Inc., Safeway Inc., and Yum Brands Inc.

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Lithonia Lighting , an Acuity Brands Inc. lighting business, has selected the Datalliance vendor managed inventory service to enhance its electronic partnership with key distributors.

July 30, 2008 David Kilborn, Jr. has joined Grubb & Ellis Co. as senior vice president, office group.

Carter broker David Kilborn Jr. has left to become senior vice president of Grubb & Ellis Co.

Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines said it is folding its Delta Technology subsidiary into Delta, effective Jan.

Acuity Brands F3Q08 Earnings Call July 2, 2008 10:00 am ET Executives Dan Smith - " Treasurer and Secretary Vernon J. Nagel - Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer Richard K. Reece - Executive Vice ...

Apollo Group reported third quarter revenue rose 14% to $835 million and net income increased 5% to $139.1 million from a year ago.

Lighting equipment maker Acuity Brands Inc. was among the biggest decliners on the Standard & Poor's Smallcap 600 Index after the company forecast a weak environment for the rest of the year, helping tug the ...

On a continuing operations basis, it earned $1.01 a share compared with 78 cents a share.

Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Wednesday's session are Acuity Brands Inc., Family Dollar Stores Inc., and Starbucks Corp.

The Shaw Group , Baton Rouge, La., recently entered into a definitive agreement to sell substantially all of the assets of its transmission and distribution engineering business, Shaw Energy Delivery Services , ...

Fluxion Biosciences announced today an exclusive distribution agreement with Basel-based Bucher Biotec AG.

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