Shaw Industries got its start in 1946 as Star Dye Company, a small business.

With $300,000 in sales, the company expanded dramatically and soon started finishing carpet as Shaw Industries.

The holding company went public as Shaw Industries, Inc. in 1971 with approximately $43 million in sales and 900 employees.

Shaw Industries, a carpet company, fell 2 7/8, to 30 1/4, three weeks after reporting a strong rise in profits.

Shaw Industries are the largest carpet manufacturers in the world with a turnover of $1.25 billion.

Shaw Industries, one of the group, fell 1 1/8, to 19 5/8.

The winner of the auction was Shaw Industries, the company that provided the sport's center artificial turf.

Shaw Industries purchase included 115 acres for nearly $4.3 million and an additional five acres for about $450,000.

And his new carpet tiles for Shaw Industries are far from Birkenstock brown.

At the same time, Shaw Industries picked up 1, to 16 3/4, also on higher quarterly profits.