Wages Push Up Prices In Home Furnishings
The latest round of wage increases is driving higher costs for labor and raw materials in furniture making. Local manufacturers report steady price hikes on steel, quilting goods, and upholstery materials, with 3 to 5 percent increases possible on top offerings.
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Security Quotes From AP See Unofficial Bid and Asked Prices
The Associated Press reports unofficial bid and asked prices in North Carolina from the National Association of Securities Dealers Inc. as of August 27. The list includes firms such as Alivac Metals American & Efird Fidelity Life Cannon Mills and Carolina Freight Carriers, among others.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc
Aerotron
Alivac Metals
American & Efird
American Discount BS
Fidelity Life
American Ins
Billups Western Petro
Blue Bell, Inc
SSF Cmc
Man Cannon Mills
Gsst
Carolina Casualty Ins
Wee
Carolina Freight Carriers
Carolina Mills, Inc
Carol Gas “A
Coastal Plain Life
Colonial Stores
Colorcraft Corp
Commonwetlath Life Ins
Cone Mills
Fidelity Fieldcrest
First Southern Southern Co
First Union
Franklin
Gulf Life Insurance
Hanes, P.H
Hardees Sys. Com
Harris
Canada
Company
Jeterson Ltd. Life Ins
Central Life
Liberty Loan Ins
Uit ‘Lilly & Company
A Inc. Handley
Occidental
Ohio State Life
P & N Railway
N.C
Republic Nat Life
Savannah Elec & Pwr Sugar & Refg
Security
Security Life & Trust
Frontier Finance
State Loan & Fin
Textiles, Inc
Trans Bus Trans Gas
Poetina
United Family Life
Weer
Carolina Tet
Whitin
Wright Homes
Negotiations Continue as Auto Rail Strikes Threaten Industry
United Auto Workers target Chrysler as potential focal point amid talks with automakers. Reuther accuses firms of narrow profits focus while Chrysler defends its offer as generous. A Pan Am walkout by the Transport Workers Union ends after one day with flights canceled and workers returning. U.S. auto sales hit a strong mid August pace, and steel production climbs as forecasts push toward 123 million tons for the year.
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United Auto Workers
Chrysler Corp
Ers
Carmen
Pan American World Airways
Transport Workers Union
Pan Am
Weather Bureau Picnic Rained Out in Charleston
Charleston Weather Bureau staff met Saturday night as Chief precaster John A. Cummings expressed hope the planned picnic would be rescheduled after rain forced cancellation.
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Weather Bureau
Charleston, S.C
Charleston Weather Bureau
John A. Cummings
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