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Mercerville, NJ, March 30 -- Congoleum Corporation announced that Congoleum and the trustee for Congoleum's 8-5/8% senior notes due 2008 have adopted certain amendments to the indenture governing the notes.
New York, Mar.28-- The University of Michigan's final March index of consumer sentiment fell for a third straight month to 77.6, its lowest since September 1993, from 79.9 in February.
Washington, DC, Apr. 15--The Environmental Protection Agency has launched an investigation to decide if an unregulated chemical used in furniture, carpet and Teflon is a health risk to the public.
New York, NY, Apr. 2--Manufacturing activity shrank in March for the first time in five months, suggesting that worries about a war in Iraq were holding the economy back.
New York, NY, April 1 -- U.S. retail sales will rise this year at their slowest pace in at least a decade -- a far slower pace than originally expected -- because the war in Iraq and high oil prices are crimping consumer and business spending, a trade gro
Dalton, GA, Apr. 25--Shaw Industries has acquired Georgia Tufters, a Calhoun, Georgia based, producer of tufted bathroom and scatter rugs. With sales of $40 million last year, Georgia Tufters was ranked 64th on Floor Focus’ list of the Top 100 floorcoveri
Atlanta, Georgia, April 24--Interface, Inc., a worldwide commercial interiors products and services company, today announced results for the first quarter ended March 30, 2003.
Atlanta, April 22—Home Depot’s fiscal year 2002 net sales rose 8.8% over 2001 to $58.2 billion from $53.6 billion. This increase was attributable to the 203 new stores opened during fiscal 2002 and full year sales from the 204 new stores opened during fis
New York, NY, April 21--A key indicator of future U.S. economic activity fell 0.2 percent in March, the Conference Board said Monday. The Index of Leading Economic Indicators measures where the overall U.S. economy is headed in the next three to six month
Washington, GA, Apr. 16--Housing starts rebounded unexpectedly strongly in March from a big drop in February, as persistently low mortgage rates maintained their appeal to homebuyers.