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Arlington, VA, January 4, 2016—Construction employment increased in 190 out of 358 metro areas, was unchanged in 64 and declined in 104 between November 2014 and November 2015, according to the Associated General Contractors of America.
Houston, TX, January 4, 2016—T&L Distributing, LLP of Houston, Texas has been sold to Tom Karol, former owner of LD Brinkman of Dallas, Texas, effective December 29, 2015.
Washington, DC, December 23, 2015--New orders for manufactured durable goods in November increased $0.1 billion or virtually unchanged to $238.8 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau announced.
Columbia, SC, December 23, 2015—Swiss Krono Group and its American subsidiary KronotexUSA are expanding the company’s existing operations in Barnwell County, South Carolina.
Washington, DC, December 23, 2015--November sales of new single-family houses rose to a seasonally adjusted rate of 490,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Ann Arbor, MI, December 23, 2015--Consumer confidence rose in December to 92.6, the highest level since July. The new reading is nearly equal to the 2015 average of 92.9, which was the highest since 2004.
Washington, DC, December 23, 2015—U.S. house prices rose in October, up 0.5% on a seasonally adjusted basis from the previous month, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) monthly House Price Index (HPI).
Washington, DC, December 22, 2015—Real gross domestic product increased at an annual rate of 2.0% in the third quarter of 2015, according to the third estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Washington, DC, December 22, 2015—Existing-home sales dropped off considerably in November, down 10.5%, to the slowest pace in 19 months, according to the National Association of Realtors.
Boca Raton, FL, December 22, 2015—Flooring retailers will have a rare opportunity to learn the fundamentals of Internet marketing from famed Google executive Ben Tyson at a special Surfaces appearance called Lunch with Google.