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Johnson City, TN, August 17--Hundreds of residents from the Tri-Cities region lined up at the Mullican Flooring Warehouse in Johnson City early Saturday morning eagerly waiting for the gates to open at 8 a.m, according to the Business Journal of the Tri-C
Washington, DC, August 17--Though college students will wait until later this month to hit the books, they’ve been hitting the stores all summer long to prepare for their return to campus.
Rainham, England, August 17--Britain's biggest carpet retailer Carpetright yesterday blamed weak consumer spending and disruption caused by the London bombings for a sharp fall in sales over recent weeks.
Washington, DC, August 17—-Producer prices rose 1% in July due to higher energy and automobile prices, according to a Labor Department report.
New York, NY, August 17--Applications for home mortgages climbed last week, snapping a three-week decline, as interest rates fell for the first time since June, an industry group said on Wednesday.
Hattiesburg, MS, August 16-- Bio-Solutions Franchise Corp., the exclusive marketing company for Bio-Solutions Manufacturing announced that Allison & Sons, has acquired the EcoSafe Cleaning Service franchise for Houston and Harris County, Texas.
Washington, DC, August 16--Output at the nation's factories, mines and utilities rose by a modest 0.1% in July, according to a Federal Reserve report.
Atlanta, GA, August 16--Digging through 60 tons of trash taught researchers a lesson - what's good for the garbage dump, they say, also is good for Georgia's economy.
Plano, TX, August 16--J.C. Penney in the second quarter reported income from continuing operations that rose 79% to $22 million, or $0.46 a share, up from a year-ago equivalent profit of $68 million, or $0.22 a share.
Bentonville, AR, August 16--Wal-Mart reported second-quarter earnings that rose 6% to $2.8 billion, or $0.67 per share. The company reported sales that were up 10.2% to $76.8 billion.