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Washington, DC, November 17, 2005 - Responding to sharply lower measures of consumer confidence as well as rising mortgage rates and other factors in recent months, single-family home builders are adjusting their market expectations downward to a still fa
San Francisco, CA, November 17, 2005--Home-goods retailer Williams-Sonoma Inc. reported third quarter earnings that rose 30% to $37.1 million, or $0.31 a share, from $28.5 million, or $0.24, in the year-earlier period.
Dalton, GA, November 17, 2005--Edge Flooring LLC has announced the completion of a transaction with an affiliate of Hunt Special Situations Group, a middle market private equity group.
Waregem, Belgium, November 17, 2005--On November 3, 2005, the London Court of Appeal rendered a procedural judgement in the case that Unilin had initiated back in 2003 against Berry on the basis of Unilin’s second European patent (EP 1024234).
Fort Worth, TX, November 16, 2005--The nation’s largest home builder, D.R. Horton, in the fourth quarter reported earnings that rose 61 percent to $563.8 million, or $1.77 per share, compared with $349.6 million, or $1.11 per share last year.
Washington, Dc, November 16, 2005--Sales rose faster than inventories in September, leading stockpiles of goods to fall to record low levels, the Commerce Department said Wednesday
Dallas, TX, November 16, 2005--Competitive floorcovering professionals know how important it is to stay on top of industry issues and maintain the highest level of expertise.
St. Louis, November 16, 2005--The International Standards and Training Alliance (INSTALL) has lost its second founding committee member in less than a month with the death of Co-Chairman Arnold F. Dickson.
Spokane, WA, November 16, 2005--A furniture retailer that's served local customers for nine decades has opened a rug store in Spokane Valley, according to the Spokesman-Review.
New York, NY, November 16, 2005–-Newspaper websites grew 11 percent year-over-year to 39.3 million unique visitors in October 2005, comprising 26 percent of the active U.S. Internet population, or one out of every four Internet users, according to Nielsen