Manufacturing & Materials

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The Motley Fool January 6, 2005 Dave Marino-Nachison	Oxford Blues The apparel maker is pulling back its fiscal 2005 EPS estimates. Oxford still looks like a company that's growing in the right places and making smart strategic moves. Investors seem to agree.
The Motley Fool January 5, 2005 Rich Smith	Mine Safety Digs Itself The company will buy back shares from the estate of the deceased mother of Mine Safety's chairman and CEO. Shares opened on the day of the announcement at $51.15. The company will buy these shares for just $46.36.
IndustryWeek January 1, 2005 David Drickhamer	House of Cards Just-in-time deliveries, lean inventories and tight relationships with key vendors. The quest to minimize supply-chain costs has maximized vulnerability. Have manufacturers gone too far?
IndustryWeek January 1, 2005 Aaron Dalton	Best Practices -- High-Pressure Turnaround Formica Corp. may be known worldwide for its high-pressure laminate products, but it was Frank Riddick who found himself under pressure to perform when he joined the company as CEO in 2002.
IndustryWeek January 1, 2005 John S. McClenahen	Doha Unfinished World trade talks miss one deadline and may not be complete in 2005. Is a manufacturing free-trade agreement an alternative? Nevertheless, two templates for an agreement limited to manufacturing, which accounts for nearly 60% of world trade, do exist.
IndustryWeek January 1, 2005 Doug Bartholomew	Still Waiting for the Goodies With wireless applications limited to e-mail, CRM and field services, many manufacturers feel like a poor child on Christmas morning. The reality is that very little of what companies are using wireless for has to do with manufacturing applications.
The Motley Fool January 4, 2005 Steven Mallas	Hasbro's Trivial Release The company celebrates National Trivia Day by reinforcing its board game brand.
The Motley Fool January 4, 2005 Rich Duprey	Quiksilver Heads for the Slopes The surf and skate clothing company makes a bid for ski manufacturer Rossignol.
The Motley Fool January 4, 2005 Rich Smith	Alcoa Grabs Russian Fabs Antimonopoly approval secured, Alcoa will move forward with acquisition of RUSAL's controlling share packets in two Russian aluminum fabrication facilities
The Motley Fool January 3, 2005 Rich Duprey	There's No Accounting for Goodyear The world's largest tire maker delays filing annual financial reports -- again.
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