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Frankfurt, Germany, Dec. 22--Bayer AG said Monday that it will take charges in the fourth quarter exceeding €2.2 billion ($2.7 billion), mainly because of the recently announced partial splitoff of its chemicals and polymers businesses.
Brea, CA, Dec. 23--The Home Depot store on Imperial Highway in this Orange County city looks like your typical warehouse-style home improvement center from the outside.
New York, NY, Dec. 22--The critical last weekend before Christmas didn't deliver the sale bonanza merchants were hoping for.
Wilmington, DE, Dec. 22--DuPont's Invista fibers unit said it might relocate its headquarters once its sale to Koch Industries Inc. closes in the first half of 2004,
Mooresville, NC, Dec. 23--Lowe's Companies, Inc. announced the appointment of Michael Mabry as senior vice president of Distribution.
Washington, DC, Dec.23--Personal spending rose in November, the government said Tuesday, falling short of Wall Street forecasts, as the holiday shopping season got off to a slower start than expected.
Cincinnati, OH, Dec. 20--An executive who joined the Miami-based Burdines division of Federated Department Stores Inc. last year has been appointed its president and chief operating officer.
St. Louis, MO, Dec. 21--Solutia Inc. will need to attack more than its environmental and retiree health care liabilities to fix its financial problems, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Dalton, GA, Dec. 22--The Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI) has posted the carpet industry 2002 Sustainability Report on the CRI website.
Mercerville, NJ, Dec. 19--Congoleum Corp. today announced that it has extended the deadline for votes to be submitted on the approval of its pre-packaged Chapter 11 plan of reorganization.