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Washington, DC, August 7, 2006--The pension reform bill approved last week by the Senate includes a “mixed bag” of reforms for pension plan sponsors, according to Dorothy Coleman, vice president of tax and domestic economic policy at the National Associat
St. Louis, August 4, 2006--Solutia Inc., has appointed Paul J. Berra III vice president of government affairs and communications.
Aulkland, New Zealand, August 3, 2006--Members of one of New Zealand's richest families are seeking to keep beleaguered carpet-maker Feltex in New Zealand hands.
Norfolk, VA, August 2, 2006--Inside a cluster of warehouses at Lambert's Point Docks are 17,000 crates of imported hardwood from around the world awaiting shipment to U.S. manufacturers, distributors and retailers.
New York, NY, August 1, 2006--Weekly U.S. chain store sales continued to recover as sales posted a healthy 0.9-percent increase in the seven days ending Saturday.
Washington, DC, August 1, 2006--Major U.S. employers announced the fewest number of job cuts in six years during July, according to a monthly tally compiled by outplacement firm Challenger Gray & Christmas.
Washington, DC, July 28, 2006--The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending July 21.
Toronto, Ontario, July 27, 2006--Sears Canada in the middle of a battle between its U.S. parent Sears Holdings and minority shareholders over its buyout, posted a higher second-quarter profit on Wednesday.
Whitehall, PA, July 27, 2006-–Tarkett announced it will be launching Madagascar, a brand new collection in the Originals universe.
Bloomfield Hills, MI, July 27, 2006--Pulte Homes Inc., after the closing bell Wednesday, said its earnings in the second quarter slipped 20% from the year-ago period as the company navigates a decelerating U.S. housing market.