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Linwood, PA, April 4--Foamex International Inc. today reported a net loss for the fourth quarter of $15.0 million, or $0.61 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $3.5 million, or $0.14 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2003.
Dalton, GA, April 4--Epic Enterprises, Inc., Southern Pines, NC, announced the March 15 opening of a warehouse in Dalton, Georgia. This facility will allow Epic to better service its many customers in the area with urgent pick-up requirements.
Calhoun, GA, April 4--Mannington Commercial has introduced Regions and Topography, patterns with the studied quality of design that gives way to randomness.
St. Louis, MO April 4—-Last week in St. Louis, hundreds of fans welcomed the NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four teams to the city with banners, cheers and even a red carpet. Children from the local Boys & Girls club rolled out a special red carpet, donated
Tehran, Iran, April 4--Hand-woven carpets worth over $471 million were exported last year (Iranian year, ending March 20, 2005), indicating a 17.7 percent drop compared to the same period last year.
Chattanooga, Tenn., April 4--SIM from Tricycle technology has been nominated for an INDEX: 2005 award by the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA).
Greenville, SC, April 4--828 International announced that its president and founder, Jim Clardy, has passed away. Clardy was 50 when he died on April 3 of complications from a heart attack.
Washington, DC, April 1—-The Environmental Protection Agency has filed a complaint proposing a civil penalty of $70,535 against a Bristol, RI, flooring contractor for alleged violations of asbestos requirements under the federal Clean Air Act.
Washington, DC, April 1--The labor market added only 110,000 jobs in March, and fewer job gains were recorded in the first two months of the year than previously thought, the Labor Department said Friday.
New Orleans, April 1--When ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" recently came to redo a local home, the winter weather did not catch the transformative spirit of the occasion, according to the Times-Picayune.