The firm has built a number of specialist tractors for the RNLI, including the County-based MB-764 and the RNLI/Clayton-designed Talus MB-4H.

Lowe’s Companies (NYSE:LOW) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November 20th. The home improvement retailer reported $1.04 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of $0.98 by $0.06. The company had revenue of $17.42 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $17.36 billion. Lowe’s Companies had a return on equity of 72.47% and a net margin of 5.19%. The firm’s revenue was up 3.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.05 earnings per share. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Lowe’s Companies, Inc. will post 5.11 EPS for the current fiscal year.

The restaurant also serves salads, chicken wings, oven-baked fries and subs, out of which the Italian beef and Philly Steak are the two most popular. It delivers as far away as Westville, Walkerton, New Carlisle and Michigan City.

The gym chain claims its hour-long workouts burn up to 1,000 calories an hour and to continue to burn calories for 36 hours afterwards through “afterburn” that stimulates the metabolism. The Florida-based high-intensity, high-interval training gym now has more than 600 locations across the United States.

1. Tightly sealed container of cooked rice observed at a temperature of 76F in the three-door reach-in cooler. Per employee it had been made more than two hours prior and was placed in the cooler to cool. Employee discarded rice because it was not cooled within the allowed time/temperature requirements.

Founded in 1962, the store at 130 N. Broad St. sold stationery and supplies and did office machine repairs. It recently liquidated all of its inventory in an online auction.

Also in pancake news, Buttermilk Pancake House is moving into the former El Salto space in the historic Old Town Hall at Ridge Road and Calumet Avenue in Munster. The new restaurant at 805 Ridge Road is now hiring and invites walk-in job applicants.

• Elite Learning Academy, 3514 22nd Place: observed inadequate dish sanitation. Observed mop stored in mop bucket while not in use and not properly air drying. Corrected by next routine inspection.

Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio have different ideas, naturally, about how to finance the great subway upgrade. De Blasio wants to impose a “millionaire’s tax” on the wealthy. Such a tax will need to be approved by the Legislature, and this seems unlikely, particularly without Cuomo’s assent. Cuomo supports congestion pricing, in which drivers would pay a stiff charge to enter the busiest parts of Manhattan between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. Congestion pricing has worked well in London, Stockholm, and Singapore, but it hasn’t been tried in automobile-centric American cities. The Legislature is unpersuaded so far, and, though Cuomo seems to rule Albany without constraint or peer, his office maintains that he is unable to make it happen.

Many of the quality verification systems are integrated into the production processes, and checks are performed frequently throughout.

Cute as a Cupcake’s Griffith express store is open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. For more information, call 219-472-0858 or visit cuteasacupcake3.com.

The skateboarding store, which promises “West Coast Vibes and Steezy Rides,” shuttered its location at 8808 Kennedy Ave. in downtown Highland. The 3-year-old business moved to 132 N. Broad St. in downtown Griffith.