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    Stanley to Buy Toolmaker Black & Decker, Cut Jobs (Update4) - Bloomberg.com
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    Loved this bit in the report:

    Stanley, which makes FatMax tape measures and Bostitch nail guns

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    Say goodbye to Porter-Cable.
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    Here in Oz we already have said goodbye to Porter-Cable & Delta a few years ago, when B&D decided that Australia wasn't fit to receive them, and that they were only going to let a limited assortment of DeWalt & B&D tools in
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    Quote Originally Posted by bsrlee View Post
    Here in Oz we already have said goodbye to Porter-Cable & Delta a few years ago, when B&D decided that Australia wasn't fit to receive them, and that they were only going to let a limited assortment of DeWalt & B&D tools in
    An old quote "more Grist for the Mill" as more for Festool etc.

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