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Los Angeles, October 6, 2005--NeoCon West, March 27-28, kicks off an all-encompassing event with exciting product introductions, special events, educational programming and industry networking events.
Dalton, GA, October 6, 2005--C&A Floorcoverings, a Tandus company, announces that it has earned the National Recycling Coalition’s (NRC) award for Outstanding Recycling Innovation – Product or Process for the introduction of C&A’s ethos backing.
Minneapolis, MN, October 6, 2005--Tennant Company has announced that Chris Killingstad, 49, will join the company's board, effective today, and will become president and chief executive officer on December 1, 2005.
Wellington, New Zealand, October 5, 2005--Troubled carpet maker Feltex said it could not reach agreement on the terms of the departure of former chief executive Sam Magill and it had terminated his contract.
Chicago, IL, October 5, 2005--Employers announced 71,836 job cuts in September — little changed from the previous month — marking the end of the slowest quarter for planned layoffs since the second quarter of 2002, according to a survey by Challenger, Gra
Washington, D.C., October 5, 2005--The Pending Home Sales Index, based on contracts signed in August, rose 3.2 percent to a reading of 129.5, and is 4.7 percent higher than August 2004. The previous record was 128.1 in October 2004.
Hoffman Estates, IL, October 5, 2005--Kmart Holding, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sears Holdings has named Donald J. Germano, as senior vice president and general manager for Kmart's more than 1,400 stores.
Dallas, TX, October 5, 2005--Edge Flooring LLC, a company sponsored by Hunt Special Situations Group, L.P., announced today it has completed the acquisition of all the assets of TEF, Inc. (d.b.a. Edge Flooring.
Sacramento, CA, October 5, 2005--CFI and the Carpet One dealers of Northern California, Regional Group #803 joined together to provide an installation-training program on October 21-22, 2005.
Red Bank, NJ, October 5, 2005—Homebuilder Hovnanian's preliminary net contracts rose 61.5% in September compared to last year, the homebuilder said Wednesday.