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The Home Depot® has formed a national partnership with AARP, a membership organization for the 50+ population, to attract, motivate and retain eligible older workers as part- and full-time associates in new and existing stores across the country.

Rogers Sales Co., based in Charlotte, N.C., will represent the Halsey Taylor product line of water coolers and drinking fountains in North and South Carolina.

Bradford White Corp. awarded a 42-inch plasma television to Ole Bugarin (at right in photo) of Western Rooter Co., Pasadena, Calif., in a drawing it conducted at ISH North America in Las Vegas last fall.

Bonney Forge Corp. completed the acquisition of RP&C, a forged steel valve manufacturer located in Conway, S.C., in February.

Ferguson, based in Newport News, Va., has acquired certain assets of the Builders Group of Companies, headquartered in Addison, Ill., in a transaction that was completed Jan. 23.

Meritage Corp. completed its acquisition of Citation Homes of southern California, a privately held builder of single-family homes in January.

Ferguson (Newport News, Va.) signed an exclusive multi-year agreement with GE Business Credit Services, the commercial arm of GE Consumer Finance, to provide a national credit program that offers flexible payment options to qualifying commercial and consumer customers.

EMCOR Group elected William A. Rodgers Jr. president and CEO of its subsidiary, EMCOR Facilities Services.

Rheem Manufacturing Co. has agreed to multi-year sponsorship of a PGA golf tournament: The Rheem Classic, Presented By Times Record.

Representatives of Delta Faucet Co. and Meyers Real Estate Information, Inc. will discuss what's going on in and what's ahead for, the plumbing and mechanical new construction industry at the next meeting March 10-12, 2004, at the InterContinental Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco.