Tricycle Wins IIDA Booth Award at NeoCon
Chicago, IL, June 27, 2006--At NeoCon 2006, sustainable design company Tricycle, Inc., received IIDA honors for best booth design for the third year in a row.
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Bassett 2Q Earnings Nearly Triples
Bassett, VA, June 27, 2006--Bassett Furniture said Tuesday that profit nearly tripled during the second quarter, as higher sales and fewer costs helped boost results.
LG Floors Extends Deco Stone Line
Kenilworth, NJ, June 27, 2006--LG Floors extended its Deco Stone luxury vinyl tile commercial flooring line with the introduction of two new collections--called Orbit and Camelot.
Chain Store Sales Off
New York, NY, June 27, 2006--Retail sales slipped 0.4% for the week ended June 24 compared with the prior week, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS Securities released on Tuesday.
Troubled Feltex Shakes New Zealand Market
Wellington, New Zealand, June 26, 2006--Troubled carpet-maker Feltex dominated trading in an otherwise listless New Zealand sharemarket today.
Supreme Court to Hear Weyerhaeuser Appeal
Federal Way, WA, June 26, 2006--Weyerhaeuser said it is gratified that the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that upheld a 2003 Portland, Ore., jury verdict in an antitrust lawsuit involv
Business Roundtable Backs Voluntary Energy Targets
Washington, DC, June 22, 2006--Business Roundtable today released a national action plan on energy, urging the collective establishment of voluntary, measurable national targets for increased conservation of petroleum and natural gas.
Elabrient Surfaces Signs Licensing Agreement with
New York, NY, June 22, 2006--Big Apple Worldwide, Inc., announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Elabrient Surfaces, LLC, has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with Esther Dunbar-Cullum.
Robina Wood Inks Distribution Deal with Tom Duffy
has signed a distribution agreement with the Tom Duffy Company for California, Arizona, and Nevada.
Weekly Jobless Claims Up 11,000
Washington, DC, June 22, 2006--First-time applications for unemployment benefits rose by 11,000 to 308,000 in the week ending June 17.