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Washington, DC, April 3, 2024—Mortgage applications decreased 0.6% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending March 29, 2024.
Glen Ellyn, IL, April 3, 2024—"The U.S. Justice Department announced this week that it had accepted guilty pleas from an individual and corporate importer in Puerto Rico of ceramic tile for which they claimed the country of origin was Malaysia, when in fact the tile originated in China,” reports the Ceramic Tile Distributors Association.
Roseland, NJ, April 3, 2024—Private sector employment increased by 184,000 jobs in March, and annual pay was up 5.1% year-over-year, according to the March ADP National Employment Report produced by the ADP Research Institute in collaboration with the Stanford Digital Economy Lab.
Arlington, VA, April 3, 2024—Mapei and Mohawk Industries’ Daltile/Mohawk Group businesses have signed as headline sponsors of the Flooring Sustainability Summit, taking place July 17 to 18 in Washington, D.C.
Chattanooga, TN, April 3, 2024-Jim Waskin, age 82, a 57-year veteran of the flooring business, died March 30.
Dieterich, IL, April 3, 2024—Fifth-generation, family-owned retailer Wright’s Furniture & Flooring officially opened its newest distribution center, reports Furniture Today.
Solon, OH, April 3, 2024 — Tarkett earned two Atlanta Marketer of the Year (AMY) Awards on March 28.
Washington, DC, April 2, 2024—New orders for manufactured goods in February, up following two consecutive monthly decreases, increased $8.2 billion or 1.4% to $576.8 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau reported.
Washington, DC, April 2, 2024—National nonresidential construction spending declined 1.0% in February, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data published today by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Washington, DC, April 2, 2024—The number of job openings changed little at 8.8 million on the last business day of February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.