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Pergo Offers Commission-Free Trading for Sharehold

Trelleborg, Sweden, September 30, 2005--The board of Pergo has decided to offer all Pergo shareholders the option of buying or selling (commission-free) the necessary number of Pergo shares required to achieve a shareholding evenly divisible by 500, known

PET Recycling Rate Increases

Sonoma, CA, September 30, 2005--The National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) today announced a Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) recycling rate of 21.6% and a collected volume of 1.03 billion pounds for PET post-consumer containers for the

China Ceramic Directory 2005/06 Just Published

Montreal, Quebec, September 29, 2005--Business Data International Inc., the business and professional information provider, has recently announced that the English edition of “China Ceramic Directory 2005/06” has just been published.

Home Depot and AARP Launch Workshops

Atlanta, GA, September 29, 2005--Home Depot announced a new series of three workshops designed to address the specific needs and interests of an aging population.

Jobless Claims Drop By 79,000

Washington, DC, September 29, 2005--The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits dropped by a larger-than-expected 79,000 last week.

Help Wanted Ad Index Declines

New York, NY, September 30, 2005--The Conference Board Help-Wanted Advertising Index -- a key measure of job offerings in major newspapers across America -- declined four points in August.

Study: Two Out of Every Five Have Broadband Access

New York, NY, September 29, 2005--Nielsen//NetRatings, a global leader in Internet media and market research, announced that the number of Americans with broadband access reached 42 percent of the U.S. population in August, increasing 16 percent since the