Wood Flooring Plant Planned for Maine
Skowhegan, ME, January 20--Plans are under way in Skowhegan for floor-manufacturing business in Northgate Industrial Park.
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Sherwin-Williams Boosts 4Q Forecast
Cleveland, OH, January 20—-Paintmaker and retailer Sherwin-Williams Co. boosted its projected fourth-quarter earnings after sales came in better than planned during the period.
Two Sport Flooring Companies Merge
Arlington Heights, IL, January 20--Sport Court International and Connor Sports Flooring Corporation have merged to create Connor Sport Court International.
Martha Stewart to Close Web, Catalog Operations
New York, NY, January 20--Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia is closing its money-losing online store and catalog in February, according to a notice posted on the company's Web site.
Specter Backs $140B Asbestos Bill
Washington, DC, January 20--Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter said on Wednesday he was proposing a $140 billion fund to compensate asbestos victims and cap the liability of companies paying them damages.
Beige Book: Economy Stronger
Washington, DC, January 20--The Federal Reserve in its Beige Book reported that economic activity continued to pick up in most of the country in late November through early January.
Report: Tarkett Sweden AB to Cut 120 Jobs
Ronneby, Sweden, January 20--According to the Swedish news agency TT Tarkett Sweden AB plans to close down its production facility in Broby, Sweden and transfer parts of the operations to Poland.
Honeywell Receives EPA Award
Morris Township, NJ, January 20--Honeywell said that it announced that it received the Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) "Project of the Year" award for 2004 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for an innovative landfill gas recover
Homebuilder D.R. Horton 1Q Earnings Beat Estimates
Fort Worth, TX, January 20--Homebuilder D.R. Horton Inc. reported first-quarter net income of $241 million, or $1.01 per share, compared with net income of $185.6 million, or $0.78 per share a year earlier.
Fire Damages Silo at a Robbins Plant
Ishpeming, MI, January 19--A fire in a silo at the Robbins Inc. flooring mill kept more than two dozen firefighters on the scene for nearly 12 hours in bitter cold Monday according to the Detroit Free Press.