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...Through his investment company Cascade Investment, Gates was once even a shareholder in Carpetright, a decidedly unglamorous British flooring retailer....
...A crowd of suits and red ties slowly makes its way through a welcome arch made from red balloons, towards a temporary stage bearing a huge red banner that reads: “Grand Opening Risever Machinery, LLC.”...
...And the company has a lot further to go to rival John Lewis for hardwood flooring. But the shift in strategy has been closely watched by investors treading carefully after recent profit warnings....
...In 2008, it bought a 3 per cent share of Carpetright, the flooring retailer, but has since reduced its stake. It has also invested in Diageo, the distiller, and JJB Sports, the retailer....
...After years of helping keep corporate default rates extraordinarily low by flooring borrowing costs, the US Federal Reserve is preparing to raise interest rates....
...The ground floor has marble flooring, a chef’s kitchen and a dining room that opens on to a fully landscaped garden....
...The BRC said Furniture and Flooring was the best performing category....
...for the Mexican stock market as consumer and infrastructure stocks take advantage of the positive credit and consumer cycles and the increasing government investments in infrastructure,” said Santiago Arias...
...However, he said AT&T would widen its portfolio of smartphones by adding devices powered by Microsoft Windows Phone 7 and Google Android, such as Motorola’s Aria handset....
...Gleaming oak flooring and carved oak panels from the 1600s give this room an imposing feel....
...Among the smaller companies, Floors 2 Go fell 11.3 per cent to 74.5p after the laminate and wooden flooring retailer said takeover talks that began last December with a private equity group, understood to...
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