Inventor's lubricant lands on store shelves

Samuel Hopkins of Cranberry Township started a business called Eco Sheep making environmentally friendly bike lubricant or household lubricant out of lanolin, an oily secretion in the skin of sheep that becomes trapped in the sheep's wool.

A squeak in his bike inspired Samuel Hopkins to create a line of environmentally friendly bike and household lubricants that has ended up on the shelves of the world's largest retailer.

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Panel maker stops

ATLANTA — The U.S. company that manufactured panels on a London apartment tower where at least 80 people perished in an inferno has quit selling them for high-rises because it has no control over their installation, a top company executive said Monday.

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Real Estate Transactions

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In Brief

Brewer produces water for recovery

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Capers honored for a lifetime of work

Real estate was always 'fun'

John Capers, 77, was honored for his decades of service in the real estate industry, during which he has done a lot more than just sell homes.

JEFFERSON TWP — They came from all over Western Pennsylvania — and the state — to honor a man who has done a lot more than just sell real estate in Butler County for the past six decades.

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House’s $2B revenue plan may be thorny

No-new-tax plan pushed

HARRISBURG — The question of where to find $2 billion will dominate the upcoming weekend session of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and the Republican-controlled Legislature stumble through a three-week stalemate.

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Change of Pace

Revamped Best Buy rings up a rebound

Best Buy has rebounded in recent years. Its sales and profits have stabilized and its stock price has soared more than fourfold since late 2012, far outpacing the broader market.

LOS ANGELES — Five years ago Best Buy looked like a retail dinosaur, another victim of e-commerce juggernaut Amazon.com and other online sellers.

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Ford, Mazda to fight recall

Airbag inflator chemical said safe

DETROIT — Ford and Mazda are fighting the latest expansion of the Takata air bag inflator recall.

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Study: More U.S. households renting than any time since ’65

More U.S. households are headed by renters than at any point since 1965, according to a new Pew Research Center study based on data from the Census Bureau.

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Used car ‘time bomb’ complicates auto industry

The historic transformation of the automobile industry will generate billions to trillions of dollars for companies and investors. But for traditional automakers, the road ahead will be bumpy, risky and expensive.

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Poll: Majority backs universal care

GOP plans raise concerns

WASHINGTON — Americans aren’t enthralled with “ObamaCare” and they definitely don’t like the Republican plans offered in Congress, so what does the public want the government to do about health care?

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GOP tries to gather votes

Health bill vote next week

WASHINGTON — Republican leaders pushed toward a Senate vote next Tuesday on resurrecting their nearly flat-lined health care bill. Their uphill drive was further complicated by the ailing GOP Sen.