Jordan's Ends Long Time Massachusetts Location
Waltham, MA, October 25-- Back in 1974, when Ron Sickels started working at Waltham's Jordan's Furniture, Barry and Eliot Tatelman had not made a single TV commercial.
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Ryland Group 3Q Earnings Up 31%
Calabasas CA, October 21--Homebuilder and mortage finance company Ryland Group Inc. said earnings rose 31 percent, driven by record third quarter new orders and closings.
Colbond Hikes Prices
Arnhem, The Netherlands, & Ashville, NC, October 19– Colbond, producer of industrial nonwovens, and three-dimensional polymeric mats and composites, will increase the prices worldwide for its entire product range effective January 1, 2005. The prices will
Gerflor & The International Volleyball Federation
Lausanne, Switzerland, October 22--Gerflor and the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) have approved their future partnership.
New Jersey Charges Six Flooring Stores with Fraud
Newark, NJ, October 20--The state has sued six Floor Superstore locations for consumer fraud, charging that 112 customers who complained of difficulty in getting refunds and other problems are owed $125,000, according to Newsday.
Imported Timber, Exported Future
Portland, OR, October 18--If you like Oregon's forests -- towering Douglas firs, hemlocks and pines as far as the eye can see -- you need to be worried, very worried, about the effects of cheap foreign wood flooding American markets.
Mohawk Announces Regional Dealer Meetings
Dalton,GA, October 13--Mohawk’s decision last year to expand its regional dealer meeting schedule was an unqualified success, according to company executives.
Chain Store Sales Rise in Newest Weekly Report
New York, October 13--U.S. chain store retail sales rose in the latest week as a holiday weekend gave Americans more time to shop, a report said Tuesday.
Camden Property Trust and Summit Properties Announ
Houston, October 7--Camden Property Trust and Summit Properties Inc. have executed a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which Summit will be merged with and into a wholly owned subsidiary of Camden.
Congoleum Seeks Court Approval to Retain Substitut
Mercerville, NJ, October 1--Congoleum said it has sought Bankruptcy Court authority to retain the law firms Pillsbury Winthrop LLP of New York City and Okin, Hollander & DeLuca L.L.P. of Fort Lee, New Jersey as substitute counsel in its Chapter 11 proceed