Jobs Secure at Invista’s Seaford Plant
Seaford, DE, Feb. 18--Jobs at Invista's nylon plant in Seaford are secure, are in fact growing and shouldn't be negatively impacted by plans of prospective new owner Koch Industries.
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Housing Market Index Off in February
Washington, DC, Feb. 17--Unusually bad winter weather across much of the country was at least partly to blame for a four-point decline in the National Association of Home Builders’ Housing Market Index (HMI) for February, released today.
Paint & Decorating Show Joins National Hardware Sh
Fenton, MO, Feb. 18--The Paint & Decorating Retailers Association (PDRA) show is moving in with National Hardware Show, May 10-12, 2004 at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas.
Judge: Faneuil's Friends Can Testify
New York, NY, Feb. 18--Friends of the star witness in the Martha Stewart trial will be allowed to tell jurors what he confided to them just after the domesticity maven dumped ImClone Systems stock, a judge has ruled.
Tricycle & Cobble Form Partnership
Chattanooga, TN, Feb. 16--Tricycle, Inc., a leader in surface simulation and design technology, announces a cooperating partnership with Cobble USA and Cobble Blackburn (UK).
Lawmakers Divert Funds for CARE Project, Among Oth
Washington, DC, Feb. 17--Researchers and companies working to prevent future power blackouts are seeing their federal funding slip away to lawmakers' home-district projects, including research on ceramic engines and burning recycled carpets as fuel.
Industrial Production Climbs
Washington, Feb. 17--Industrial production climbed faster than expected in January as auto makers once again revved up assembly lines.
Report: DuPont To Remain Textile Player Despite In
Wilmslow, UK, Feb. 16--Manufacturing giant DuPont will remain a key player in technical textiles despite the sale of its Invista fibers business.
Invista, TacFast & Beaulieu Canada Launch “New Sof
Atlanta, Feb, 17--A new soft surface flooring category was unveiled today by Invista, TacFast Systems International and Beaulieu Canada.
Pakistan Carpet Export Update
Lahore, Pakistan, Feb. 16--Pakistan exports hand-knotted carpets worth US$131.78 million during the first seven months of the current fiscal year against exports of US $122.898 million during the corresponding period of the previous year.