CARE Honors Starnet, ReSource Groups
Santa Fe, NM, April 30, 2010--Starnet Worldwide Commercial Flooring Partnership and ReSource Commercial Flooring Network won Awards of Excellence from the Carpet America Recovery Effort.
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Builder D.R. Horton Swings to Profit in Quarter
Fort Worth, TX, April 30, 2010--D.R. Horton Inc. said Friday it had a second-quarter profit of $11.4 million, or $0.04 a share.
Chicago PMI Stronger Than Anticipated
Chicago, IL, April 30, 2010--The Chicago Purchasing Managers Index rose to 63.8 in April from 58.8, a stronger than expected performance.
Interface Swings to Profit on Higher Sales
Atlanta, GA, April 29, 2010--Improving sales helped Interface Inc. to a first-quarter profit.
Dixie Reports Much Narrower First Quarter Loss
Chattanooga, TN, April 29, 2010--The Dixie Group reported a first quarter net loss of $2,529,000, or $0.20 per share, compared with a net loss of $35,557,000, or $2.91 per diluted share, for the year-earlier period.
Milliken Moving Positions from Georgia to SC
Spartanburg, SC, April 29, 2010--Milliken & Co. is relocating 40 high-level and support jobs from its Design Center in LaGrange, Ga., to its headquarters complex in Spartanburg.
CARE Names Recycler, Person of Year
Santa Fe, NM, April 29, 2010--The Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE) named its Recycler of the Year and Person of the Year at the organization's eighth Annual Conference held April 26-28 in Santa Fe.
Distributor Galleher Sold Back to Hamars
Los Angeles, CA, April 29, 2010--Galleher said that Jeff and Todd Hamar have purchased the flooring distribution company from Itochu Corporation.
Centiva Wins Environmental Award from Florence
Florence, AL, April 29, 2010--Centiva has received the first annual Green Team Partners award from the city of Florence.
Initial Jobless Claims Fall
Washington, DC, April 29, 2010--Initial jobless claims decreased by 11,000 in the week ended April 24 to a seasonally adjusted 448,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday.