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New York, NY, January 20--Federated Department Stores Inc. is in talks about buying rival May Department Stores Co. in a deal that would create a huge retailer with $30 billion in combined sales and nearly 1,000 department stores.
Tokyo, Japan, January 21--Hitachi House Tech has announced the release of a plastic bathroom flooring product that uses independently developed technology to produce a lattice like pattern of micro sized protrusions on the surface to prevent slipping.
Skowhegan, ME, January 20--Plans are under way in Skowhegan for floor-manufacturing business in Northgate Industrial Park.
Cleveland, OH, January 20—-Paintmaker and retailer Sherwin-Williams Co. boosted its projected fourth-quarter earnings after sales came in better than planned during the period.
New York, NY, January 20--Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia is closing its money-losing online store and catalog in February, according to a notice posted on the company's Web site.
Arlington Heights, IL, January 20--Sport Court International and Connor Sports Flooring Corporation have merged to create Connor Sport Court International.
Washington, DC, January 20--Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter said on Wednesday he was proposing a $140 billion fund to compensate asbestos victims and cap the liability of companies paying them damages.
Ronneby, Sweden, January 20--According to the Swedish news agency TT Tarkett Sweden AB plans to close down its production facility in Broby, Sweden and transfer parts of the operations to Poland.
Washington, DC, January 20--The Federal Reserve in its Beige Book reported that economic activity continued to pick up in most of the country in late November through early January.
Fort Worth, TX, January 20--Homebuilder D.R. Horton Inc. reported first-quarter net income of $241 million, or $1.01 per share, compared with net income of $185.6 million, or $0.78 per share a year earlier.