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Menlo Park, CA, August 3, 2017—A report released August 1 by NGO Global Witness has prompted major U.S. retailers to discontinue sales of exotic wood flooring linked to illegal logging in the tropical forests of Papua New Guinea (PNG), reports MongoBay in an August 1 article called “U.S. retailers halt sales of hardwood flooring linked to illegal logging in PNG.”
Washington, DC, August 3, 2017—New orders for manufactured goods in June, up following two consecutive monthly decreases, increased $14.0 billion or 3.0% to $481.1 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau has reported.
Tempe, AZ, August 3, 2017—The Non-Manufacturing Index for July registered 53.9%, which is 3.5 percentage points lower than the June reading of 57.4%, say the nation’s purchasing and supply executives in the latest Non-Manufacturing ISM Report On Business.
San Rafael, CA, August 3, 2017—Creating Your Space (CYS), a Google partner, announced its participation in a conference hosted by Google and Wordstream live from New York.
Arlington, VA, August 3, 2017—Construction employment increased in 264 out of 358 metro areas between June 2016 and June 2017, declined in 57 and stagnated in 37, according to a analysis of federal employment data by the Associated General Contractors of America.
Auburn, MA, August 3, 2017—Floors & More, the buying group which includes the Big Bob’s Flooring Outlet franchise and the Floor To Ceiling membership group, announced that CarrieAnne Lapides had joined the company.
Salem, NH, August 3, 2017—Nora Systems, along with FCICA, the Flooring Contractors Association and ARDEX Americas announces James Macdonald II as the 2017 recipient of the Bruce Newbrough Memorial Certified Installation Manager Program (CIM) Scholarship.
Roseland, NJ, August 2, 2017—Private sector employment increased by 178,000 jobs from June to July, according to the July ADP National Employment Report.
Calhoun, GA, August 1, 2017—Foam Products Corp (FPC) is proud to announce Greenguard Gold Certification for its underlayments.
Norwalk, CT, August 2, 2017—Metroflor Corporation announced that it will sponsor the Fourth Annual Women in Sustainability Leadership Awards (WSLA), to be held during the GreenBuild International Conference & Expo November 7 to 11 in Boston.