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Newport Beach, CA, Feb. 16--A cutting-edge new self-leveling Portland cement-based underlayment that offers high compressive strengths and superior bonding characteristics is now available from Hacker Industries.
Auckland, New Zealand, Feb. 16--Feltex Carpets has become the latest victim of an overvalued kiwi dollar.
Midland, MI, Feb. 13--The Dow Chemical Company announced today the unanimous election of Andrew N. Liveris to the Board of Directors.
Auckland, New Zealand, Feb. 13-- The Feltex Group recorded a net surplus of $11.4 million for the six months ended 31 December 2003.
Mount Olive, NJ, Feb. 12--BASF today announced that it will increase prices for Ultramid polyamide (PA) 6 spinning polymer, compounding resins and caprolactum in North America by six cents per pound, effective March 1.
New York, NY, Feb. 13--The University of Michigan's preliminary consumer sentiment index for February dropped to 93.1 from a revised 103.8 in January.
Lemont, IL, Feb. 13--WG McMahon Inc., a subsidiary of Kraus Carpet Mills, has acquired a majority interest in Royal Scot Floorcovering Distribution.
Detroit, MI, Feb. 13--The Securities and Exchange Commission has dropped its accounting fraud case against two former Kmart Corp. executives, a lawyer for one of the men said Thursday.
Wilmington, DE, Feb. 12--DuPont Co. textile unit Invista is planning to offer $1.2 billion in senior notes and $1.8 billion in bank credit facilities to help finance Koch Industries Inc.'s leveraged buyout of the unit.
Auckland, New Zealand, Feb. 13—It was reported that approximately 70 people will lose their jobs at a Christchurch carpet factory.