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This resolution condemns the decision of Lowe’s Companies, Inc., to withdraw its advertising from the TLC series “All-American Muslim” because the subjects of the show are Muslims. The people of the State of New Jersey take great pride in the diversity of our State and our Nation. The tens of thousands of Muslim-Americans who call New Jersey home work hard to raise their children, earn a living, and serve their communities, just like everyone else. Lowe’s should be condemned for its shocking and insensitive insult of Muslim-Americans and its corporate management is urged to reconsider its decision and reinstate the...

For more than a year, the American Family Association has pleaded with Home Depot (HD) not to publicly back gay rights. The home improvement retailer has ignored those pleas. In fact, the Atlanta-based company continues to participate in the city's gay pride parade, as it has done for years.

WEST POINT, N.Y. - Army senior captain Andrew Maisano was named the winner of the prestigious Lowe's Senior CLASS Award in the lacrosse division, Saturday afternoon. Maisano received the award during an on-field ceremony at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore held at halftime of the first NCAA Tournament semifinal between Cornell and Notre Dame. Emerging from a list of 10 finalists after a poll of national media and coaches, as well as a national fan vote held last month, Maisano became the first Black Knight to ever win the award in any sport, which recognizes student-athletes who excel both on...

Jim Tisch, the leader of Loews Corp., said the U.S. did a “good job of killing” the hotel business by lambasting corporate travel and hurt American International Group Inc.’s ability to return bailout funds by curbing pay. “The criticism that took place of group travel was really a death knell for the industry,” Tisch said yesterday in an interview at an office of the New York-based holding company, which owns hotels. “It’s easy for the politician to get the sound bite. What they are doing with those sound bites is putting maids and bellmen out of work.” Loews’s hotel unit...

Fairmont Hotels and a New York investment firm pulled out of a $46 million deal to buy the Peaks Resort, leaving Telluride’s largest hotel in long-term limbo as it prepares to reopen for the ski season. Two people with direct knowledge of the negotiations — one from each side of the table — said the hotel’s expensive infrastructure problems had torpedoed the deal. After examining the Peaks, buyers Fairmont and Manhattan-based Thor Equities concluded that the hotel needed $6-7 million in repairs, on top of a planned $60 million renovation... The impasse didn’t break, and on Friday, Fairmont and Thor...

After the AFA contacted Loews Home Improvement about some issues with its use of the term Christmas (or lack thereof) Loews responded: "Lowe's has contacted the AFA and assures us that it is proudly committed to selling Christmas trees this year, as it has done for more than 60 years. The company apologized for the confusion created in its 2007 holiday catalog when it headlined the page of Christmas trees "family trees." The error was not caught before the publication was distributed, and Lowe's says it is disappointed in the breakdown in its proofing process. Lowe's assures us that they...

Our undying devotion to simultaneous movie releases has earned us a small share of hate mail over the years, especially from folks in the movie theater business. Our complaining about the crowds, the inconvenience, and most importantly, the cost really gets on their nerves. They make all manner of excuses for what goes on in theaters. The high prices of concessions, we're told, stems from two factors. First, they say, movie theater employees earn more on average than your man at McDonald's, so you shouldn't expect the price to compare with Chez McDo. More importantly, they claim that the movie...

November 15, 2003 01:02 PM US Eastern Timezone Loews Corporation Mourns the Loss of Laurence A. Tisch NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 15, 2003--Loews Corporation (NYSE:LTR) mourns the loss of Laurence A. Tisch, the Co-Chairman of its Board of Directors and its co-founder. Mr. Tisch succumbed to cancer on November 15, 2003. Laurence Tisch has been heralded, not only as one of the country's leading entrepreneurial business visionaries, but also for his indelible impact on society through his philanthropic leadership. Laurence Tisch, with his brother Preston R. Tisch, built Loews Corporation into one of the largest diversified financial corporations in the United...