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Consumer product safety risks would be concealed and influence peddling in government contracting would remain out of public view under the provisions of the fiscal year 2012 spending bill approved today by the House Financial Services and General Government appropriations subcommittee.

The bill would prohibit the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) from expending funds on its consumer product safety database. Congress required CPSC to establish the database in the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, in response to a string of high-profile product recalls. The bill passed both houses with overwhelming support and was signed into law by President Bush.

In the latest sign that the economic recovery may have lost whatever modest oomph it had, more small businesses say that they are planning to shrink their payrolls than say they want to expand them.

That is according to a new report released Tuesday by the National Federation of Independent Business, a trade group that regularly surveys its membership of small businesses across America.

The federation's report for May showed the worst hiring prospects in eight months. The finding provides a glimpse into the pessimism of the nation's small firms as they put together their budgets for the coming season.

Benchmark Capital Partners LLC, Palm Desert, Calif., has launched two new online e-commerce websites, DisplaysDirect.net and TaymarPlasticDisplays.com.

Manufacturing in the Philadelphia region unexpectedly contracted in June and Americans' views on the economy's outlook soured, signaling an erosion of confidence in the expansion.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's general economic index fell to minus 7.7, the lowest since July 2009, from 3.9 the prior month. Readings less than zero signal contraction. The Bloomberg gauge of economic expectations slumped to minus 31 this month, the weakest since March 2009, from minus 16.

Multinational organizations can now have their international logo merchandise needs met worldwide through IGC Global Promotions NV (IGC), a single source international promotional product company.

Distributor thoughts on the 2011 keynote speech for PROMOTIONS EAST.

The red carpet was rolled out Tuesday in the ConocoPhillips Alumni Center for guests of Eskimo Joe's sixth annual Client Day for Eskimo Joe's Promotional Products Group.

The event, titled "A Day at the Oscars," featured a crew of paparazzi for guests and a slew of vendors displaying their merchandise.

As guests entered the room and were guided down a rope-lined path, they were greeted by mock paparazzi.

In a report delivered to Congress, the U.S. Postal Service asserted that the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) based a recent advisory opinion on a questionable analysis of the potential cost savings that could be achieved by implementing a five-day delivery schedule to street addresses.

Jetline today announced that it is now offering in-house laser engraving on many best-selling items including its popular line of Mini Metal Carabiner Flashlights.

Field sales manager Adam Stone has joined the sales team at Polyconcept North America (PCNA), Pittsburgh.