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Portsmouth, NH, October 28, 2022—The U.S. market with the largest hotel construction pipeline by projects is Dallas, Texas with a record high count of 174 projects, accounting for 20,676 rooms, according to the third quarter United States Construction Pipeline Trend Report from Lodging Econometrics (LE).
Washington, DC, October 27, 2022—Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 2.6% in Q3 2022, according to the advance estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Washington, DC, October 27, 2022—New orders for manufactured durable goods in September, up six of the last seven months, increased $1.0 billion or 0.4% to $274.7 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau announced.
Washington, DC, October 27, 2022— In the week ending October 22, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 217,000, an increase of 3,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 214,000, according to the Department of Labor.
Newport Beach, CA, October 27, 2022-Barron Frith, president of CFL, was elected as secretary/treasurer for the Resilient Floor Covering Institute during the RFCI Fall Meeting at the Resort on Pelican Hill.
Dalton, GA, October 27, 2022-Shaw has been named a 2022 Shipper of Choice by FreightWaves, in partnership with TriumphPay.
Dalton, GA, October 27, 2022—As part of CARE’s efforts to increase carpet collection for recycling across the state, it has announced its latest public carpet recycling drop-off sites.
Crossville, TN, October 27, 2022-A fire broke out Wednesday morning at Crossville Hardwoods in Crossville, Tennessee, according to WBIR.
Calhoun, GA, October 27, 2022-Mannington Commercial announced that its Legato Liquid Linoleum flooring product has attained USDA BioPreferred certification from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Washington, DC, October 26, 2022—Sales of new single-family houses in September 2022 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 603,000, according to estimates released jointly by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 10.9% below the revised August rate of 677,000 and is 17.6% below the September 2021 estimate of 732,000.