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Calhoun, GA, Aug. 22--Mohawk Industries Inc. has been sued by the parents of a Chatsworth police officer who died in a security gate accident at the company's facility on Duvall Road in Chatsworth, according to the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
Atlanta, GA, Aug. 21--Home Depot raised its quarterly dividend 17% and said its board authorized an increase in the company's buyback program.
Zibo, China, Aug. 21--China Federation of Industry Economics, China Ceramic Industrial Association and Zibo municipal government has announced to jointly host 2003 China International Ceramic Fair
Bradford, UK, Aug. 21--Carpet International, the UK’s largest carpet manufacturer which has 1,200 employees – has gone into administrative receivership.
Wilmington, DE, Aug. 21--Calling Pillowtex Corp.'s liquidation plan "very, very unusual," a federal bankruptcy judge on Wednesday indicated he would encourage rival bids for what's left of the Kannapolis-NC based towel maker
Philadelphia, PA, Aug. 20--Orleans Homebuilders came a little late to the design-center concept, but so far the idea has paid off.
Hanover, VA, Aug. 20--The tan and gray building with burgundy trim is a blur to thousands of I-95 travelers. Mohawk Industries, though, is big business in Hanover, as reported in the Hanover Herald Progress.
Kannapolis, NC, Aug. 20--For nearly a century, Pillowtex's Plant No. 1 has dominated the heart of this mill village's downtown.
Montreal, Aug. 20--The board of flooring company Domco Tarkett Inc. yesterday recommended minority shareholders accept a sweetened bid by the majority shareholder to buy them out, but one prominent investor said the revised offer is inadequate.
Atlanta, GA, Aug. 19--Home Depot Inc. chief executive officer Robert Nardelli rewarded store managers who met sales goals last quarter with a four-wheel prize: pickup trucks painted orange to match the logo color of the world's largest home-improvemen