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Lancaster, PA, April 1, 2010--Armstrong said it will raise prices 6% in the U.S. and Canada on vinyl composition tile, luxury vinyl tile, commercial sheet vinyl, linoleum, and residential sheet and tile as of June 1.
St. Louis, MO, April 5, 2010--National Wood Flooring Association Executive Director Ed Korczak is planning to leave the organization at the end of 2011.
Fairlawn, OH, April 5, 2010--Omnova Solutions Inc. said it will increase prices on all acrylic, styrene acrylic and vinyl acrylic emulsion polymers by 4 cents per wet pound.
Washington, DC, April 5, 2010--Payrolls rose by 162,000 last month while the unemployment rate held at 9.7 percent, according to the Labor Department.
Columbia, SC, April 5, 2010--Greyne Custom Wood Co. Inc. plans to move its manufacturing operations from Charlotte, N.C., to Lancaster County.
Washington, DC, April 5, 2010--Sales of vacation homes rose 7.9% in 2009, compared with 2008, the National Association of Realtors said.
Las Vegas, NV, April 5, 2010--World Market Center Las Vegas said that Loloi Rugs has renewed its lease agreement for a showroom at World Market Center.
Peshtigo, WI, April 1, 2010--Aacer Flooring has filed for receivership, according to media reports but continues to operate as a potential new owner may have been identified.
Washington, DC, April 1, 2010--The manufacturing sector expanded in March at its strongest pace since July 2004, according to the Institute for Supply Management.
Washington, DC, April 1, 2010--Construction spending in February was at its lowest level in nearly eight years, according to the Commerce Department.