The Hindu Business Line reported on February 14 that Mumbai, India-based Mahindra & Mahindra posted a 9.3% increase in net profit for the third quarter ended December 31. Overall, the company sold 76,362 tractors during the period, an increase of 22.1% vs. the same period one year ago.

For the second straight year, ActionCOACH Business Coach Monte Wyatt of West Des Moines, Iowa, won the executive coach of the year award at the recent ActionCOACH Americas conference.

For 2014, 59.3% of rural lifestyle dealers expect growth in the 2-8% or more range. View the complete report in the digital edition, http://www.rurallifestyledealer.com/de/rldwinter2014/index.html

Ariens CEO Elected Chairman of WI Manufacturers & Commerce

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The public and customers of Mid-State Equipment will join the company in marking its fourth decade in business at an expanded one-day event, the Mid-State Equipment Expo 2014.

Deere & Company completed its sale of a majority interest in its landscapes business for $300 million, the company announced today.

The 2013 GIE+EXPO (Green Industry & Equipment Expo), Oct. 23-25 at the Kentucky Expo Center in Louisville, buzzed with business indoors and out.

Charlotte-based Carlisle Cos. said Monday that a New York company is buying its tire division in a $375 million deal that will take Carlisle out of the business on which it was founded.