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St. Louis, MO, Dec. 5--Alabama residents who settled with Solutia Inc. and the old Monsanto Co. in 2001 over polychlorinated biphenyl, or PCB, claims aren't owed any more money for several reasons, the companies claim.
Dalton, GA, Dec. 5--Advanced Adhesives Technologies has named Wade R. Verble their new Vice President of Sales.
New York, NY, Dec. 5--Hopes for a robust holiday shopping season faded Thursday after the nation's retailers reported mixed results for the Thanksgiving weekend and all of November.
Baltimore, MD, Dec. 5--Internet shopping--a fast-growing phenomenon but still a sliver of total retailing--may be seeing a breakthrough this holiday shopping season.
Bentonville, AR, Dec. 4--Wal-Mart Stores' November same store sales rose 3.9%, even with Wall Street's estimate, but comparable sales growth at both the Wal-Mart and Sam's divisions wasn't as strong as expected.
St. Louis, Dec 04--Solutia Inc. has notified Pharmacia Corporation and Monsanto Company that it will not be making approximately $3 million of payments in connection with settlements entered into earlier this year relating to asbestos litigation in Texas.
Atlanta, GA, Dec. 4--Home Depot thinks that Americans are ready to spend more on their bathrooms, so the retailer is packing its store aisles with $1,000 whirlpools and higher-priced sinks.
Dalton, GA, Dec. 4--Shaw Industries Inc. has adopted an unprecedented new environmental policy, committing the company's carpet manufacturing processes to follow nature's organic cycle of renewal.
Scotland Neck, NC, Dec. 3--The old country church had been turned into a storage shed, then given over to snakes, spiders and pigeon waste, according to the NewsObserver.com
St. Louis, MO, Dec. 2--Solutia Inc. notified Monsanto and Pharmacia that it would not be making a $3 million payment to satisfy litigation settlements in two asbestos cases brought against Pharmacia.