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NAM Praises President On Estate Tax

Washington, DC, May 4, 2006--The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) applauded President Bush’s call for Congress to permanently repeal the estate tax in his remarks to the American Council of Engineering Companies today.

CARE Conference Offsets Pollution Caused by Event

Pine Mountain, GA, May 1, 2006--Leonardo Academy announced today that the Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE) Conference in Callaway Gardens, Georgia has gained Cleaner and Greener certification, meaning all pollution caused by energy use at the event h

Sears Canada Shareholders Dispute Valuation

Chicago, IL, May 4, 2006--Pershing Square Capital Management, the hedge fund that has opposed Sears Holdings Corp.'s C$892 million ($807 million) plan to buy out Sears Canada Ltd, said that the bid significantly undervalues the stock.

Initial Jobless Claims Up 5,000

Washington, DC, May 4, 2006--First-time applications for unemployment benefits drifted higher by 5,000 last week to 322,000, the highest level since Nov. 19, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

Champion Polymer Recycling, Greitzer Get CARE Awar

Pine Mountain, GA - May 05, 2006--Champion Polymer Recycling, a division of Infiltrator Systems, Inc., was honored as Recycler of the Year by the Carpet America Recovery Effort at the organization’s fourth Annual conference at the Southern Pine Conference

RadiciGroup Voices Concern Over Reports of “Cancer

Bergamo, Italy, May 3, 2006--RadiciGroup announced that it wants to voice its concern about the news published recently by major Italian news agencies regarding the alarm raised over potentially cancerous substances present in the infill used to construct