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Tehran, Iran, August 25-- A specialized website on Iranian time-honored art of carpet weaving has been launched to coincide with the opening of an international rug exhibition in Tehran, Iranian Cultural Heritage News Agency reported.
IIrvine, CA, August 24-- Standard Pacific Corp. has completed its acquisition of the homebuilding operations of Kemmerly Homes. Kemmerly Homes has operated in the Tucson, Arizona market since 1993 under both the Kemmerly Homes and Miramonte Homes brands.
Corona, CA, August 24-- Home decor products cataloger Smith + Noble plans to fold its Rug Studio catalog at the end of the year, according to Catalog Age.
Rehoboth Beach, DE, August 19--Chris Cheeseman, 49, began installing carpets in 1976 in New Castle County.
Whitehall, PA, August 17--Since its relatively recent launch in April of 2004, Tarkett has been very pleased by the success of its new flagship line of resilient sheet flooring, Infinity.
Midland, MI, August 16 - Effective Sept. 13, 2004, the Dow Emulsion Polymers business is increasing the prices of all latex sold into the carpet industry by US$0.05/lb (dry) in the United States and Canada. This increase is in addition to the August incre
Washington, August 16--Manufacturing activity in the New York area slowed dramatically in August, the New York Federal Reserve Bank said Monday.
Washington, DC, August 13--Consumer sentiment worsened slightly in early August, according to media reports of the University of Michigan's consumer sentiment survey.
Cleveland, OH, August 12--If a picture paints a thousand words, a Tibetan carpet certainly tells a thousand tales.
Atlanta, GA, August 11--The Greenguard Environmental Institute has awarded Greenguard Indoor Air Quality Certification to the high-pressure decorative laminate of Wilsonart International, Inc. of Temple, Texas.