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OSHA Cites Empire Home for Job Hazards

Braintree MA, September 1-- A Stoughton, Mass., carpet distributor's alleged failure to safeguard workers against falls, crushing hazards and unsafe use of forklift trucks at its 1053 Turnpike St. warehouse has resulted in $45,900 in proposed penaltie

Carrefour's 1H Earnings Up 5.3%

Paris, France, September 1-- Carrefour, the world's second-largest retailer, said its net profit rose 5.3% in the first half, and said it is on track to report double-digit earnings growth for the full year and to cut its debt.

Pakistani Carpet Exporters Outsourcing to Afghanis

Karachi, Pakistan, September 1--Carpet exporters are being forced to outsource their manufacturing business to Afghanistan following the post-war repatriation of Afghan refugees, whose hand-knotting technique they say is still in demand in the internation

CRI Distributing Health Video Nationwide

Dalton, GA - August 30 - A new video entitled Healthy Patients and Healthy Numbers; The Results of Evidence Based Design, which discusses carpet's benefits and proper maintenance in the healthcare environment, has been shipped to over 12,000 healthcar

Armstrong-DLW Posts Improved 1H

Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany, August 31--Armstrong-DLW, the German flooring manufacturer, a subsidiary of US group Armstrong World Industries, showed improvements for the first half of the current year.

DuPont Rejects Mediation on C-8 Charge

Wilmington, DE, August 31--DuPont has decided against a brokered out-of-court resolution in a federal case that accuses the company of failing to report health and environmental threats from the release of a chemical used to make Teflon.