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Witex USA has signed a letter of intent to purchase from Orders Distributing two Florida warehouses and assets, and assume related lease obligations currently held by the Greenville, S.C-based distributorship.

Blue Ridge Commercial Carpet has announced Lisa Burel as the company's director of product development.

First-time claims for unemployment benefits dipped in the latest week, but remained above the key 400,000 level for a second straight time, the Labor Department reported today.

Orders for manufactured goods surged in July at the fastest rate in nine months, the Commerce Department announced today.

WASHINGTON -- Spending on construction projects around the country was flat in July at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $834.1 billion, according to the U.S. Commerce Department.

For the 2003 edition of the flooring industry's biggest trade exposition organizers of Surfaces are introducing a new "Innovative Retailer 2003" contest designed to showcase the best ideas for retailer innovation.

PARIS -- DuPont Chemical Solutions Enterprise officials announced today the completion of the acquisition of the surface protection and fluoroadditives business assets of ATOFINA, the chemicals branch of French oil/energy conglomerate TotalFinaElf.

Manufacturing activity grew for the seventh straight month in August, the Institute of Supply Management reported today.

The University of Michigan's final August consumer sentiment index fell slightly to 87.6, down from 88.1 in July and a mid-month reading of 87.9, market sources said Friday.

WASHINGTON -- Consumers increasing their spending by 1 percent in July, the largest advance in nine months, the Commerce Department reported today.