Manufacturing & Materials

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The Motley Fool September 28, 2004 Rich Smith	Cemex Throws a Brick The Mexican cement tycoon overpays in a quest for growth. The market was less than impressed by the buy, slashing 6% from Cemex's share price.
Inc. October 2004 Ernest Beck	How I Did It: Gregg Buchbinder For this entrepreneur chairmaker, the most important thing is maintaining quality.
BusinessWeek October 4, 2004 Robert Barker	Dresser: The Halliburton Cast-Off That Could Controlled now by a pair of private equity firms, the company wants to sell stock in an initial public offering. While only rarely do IPOs merit individual investors' attention, Dresser may be an exception.
The Motley Fool September 23, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Striking Value in Small Gold Stocks As gold nears a multiyear high, you can pan for some smaller stocks that are well off their highs.
IndustryWeek October 1, 2004 Purdum & Teresko	Smart Outsourcing Rather than get too worried about jobs we are losing, we have to ask ourselves what we are really good at and how we can do it better.
IndustryWeek October 1, 2004 Doug Bartholomew	Manufacturers Get Smart There's a quiet revolution taking place in how manufacturers approach the use of information technology as a business tool and, ironically, it harkens back to an earlier era of corporate computing -- but with a democratic twist.
The Motley Fool September 21, 2004 Phil Wohl	Stride Rite Tries to Gain Traction The footwear maker, along with progressive changes in its stumbling Keds line, have helped reinforce its balancing act. The company could be positioned for a potential surge down the road.
BusinessWeek September 27, 2004	A Mexico-Japan Trade Deal After six years in the making, Mexico and Japan are finally set to sign a Free Trade Agreement covering most industrial products along with certain agricultural goods -- only the second such deal for Japan.
BusinessWeek September 27, 2004 Mark Hyman	One Hank Aaron Shirt, Please For fans of baseball history, vintage sports wear is the ultimate cool. And with price no obstacle, these reproduced retro duds from teams of long ago are hitting home runs at the sales counter.
The Motley Fool September 20, 2004 Seth Jayson	Nike's High Jump With one of the world's most recognized brands, and future orders up 10%, the sport shoe manufacturer seems to have earned a premium valuation of 22 times earnings, which puts the stock near its 52-week high.
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