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		<title>With Heavy Heart, Business Set to Close after 25 Years</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 23:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[News from Patch.com: Mahmaud Houshiarnejad said his head was spinning. He stood near the center of his upscale, Persian rug store, Houshiarnejad&#8217;s Collection, on Kings Highway East on a recent weekday and admitted he didn&#8217;t have a clue what he would do next, when his doors closed for the last time and the creditors came [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer&#8217;s Pop and Jazz Festivals Load Their Lineups &#8211; New York Times</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 14:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[News from Summer&#8217;s Pop and Jazz Festivals Load Their Lineups &#8211; New York Times: HOLLYWOOD BOWL June 22-Sept. 30. Along with their fine al fresco opera offerings (“Don Giovanni” will rear its stone head a few times this season), the Hollywood Bowl delights in pairing pop figures with classical power for bombastic, cinematic evenings; this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Johnson Controls building sold to St. Croix Trading Co.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 15:52:40 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Area Rugs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[News from Hudson Star Observer: St. Croix Trading Co. partners The partners in the St. Croix Trading Co. are, from left, Gerald Tank, his sons Scott and Dave, and Andy Yarrington. They are looking forward owning their own 63,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution facility. Photo by Randy Hanson The former Johnson Controls plant at 2101 O’Neil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wellesley&#8217;s Linden Square hosts sidewalk sale</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 13:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[News from Boston Globe: Wellesley’s Linden Square will be a good place to shop on Saturday, as businesses will offer steep discounts as part of a sidewalk sale. Among them, Kenzie Kids/K Girl (200 Linden St., Wellesley, 781-237-3666, www.kenziekids.com) will have select items marked down up to 60 percent; National Jean Company (180 Linden St., [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is shag carpet back?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 12:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[News from Local 10: Small Text Medium Text Large Text By Linda Merrill, Networx Back in the 1960’s and ‘70’s, shag carpets became all the rage. In retrospect, they were of a piece with long hair on women and men, maxi-skirts, long bell-bottom pants and the general loosening of social mores.  In fact, the name [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;The Carpet is the Message&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 11:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[News from Tne Moscow News: © Courtesy of Gridchinhall ‘The Carpet is the Message’ by Joy Neumeyer at 14/05/2012 20:03 Until June 3 at Gridchinhall, 23 Tsentralnaya Ul., Dmitrovskoye village, Krasnogorsk district, Moscow region, www.gridchinhall.ru © Courtesy of Gridchinhall Open Fri.-Sun., noon-8 pm Both denounced as a bourgeois frivolity and revered as a symbol of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After 25 Years, Houshiarnejad is Going Out of Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 17:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[News from Patch.com: Mahmaud Houshiarnejad said his head was spinning. He stood near the center of his upscale, Persian rug store, Houshiarnejad&#8217;s Collection, on Kings Highway East on a recent weekday and admitted he didn&#8217;t have a clue what he would do next, when his doors closed for the last time and the creditors came [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five new decorating trends</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 11:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[News from Ocala: The key to decorating with lots of color is to not completely saturate a room in bright hues. (Scripps Howard News Service) Published: Saturday, May 12, 2012 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 12:21 p.m. High Point, N.C., is the market where the world&#8217;s best designers launch their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nourison appoints Kennedy VP of home textiles</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 03:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[News from Furniture Today: Furniture Today Staff &#8212; Furniture Today, May 11, 2012  Kevin Kennedy SADDLE BROOK, N.J. — Nourison has named Kevin Kennedy vice president of its Home Textiles Division. He will report to Steven Peykar, co-CEO of Nourison. Kennedy will be responsible for developing and strengthening Nourison&#8217;s business as a manufacturer of home [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Rug Market America expands contract products</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 09:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[News from Casual Living: Casual Living Staff &#8212; Casual Living, 5/11/2012 10:38:32 AM  Kim – Resort Collection (outdoor) polyester  Alpa – wool and silk combination with dimensional textures LOS ANGELES, Calif. — The Rug Market America announces the addition of rug designs crafted to meet the design, construction and price requirements of the contract, hospitality [...]]]></description>
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