CRI Releases Sustainability Report
Dalton, GA, Nov. 21, 2008--The 21-page Carpet and Rug Institute Sustainability Report is available online at the organization's website, carpet-rug.org.
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Dalton, GA, Nov. 21, 2008--The 21-page Carpet and Rug Institute Sustainability Report is available online at the organization's website, carpet-rug.org.
Dalton, GA, Nov. 21, 2008--The owner of Monticello International LLC, which just purchased assets from Thomas Industries, spent much of his career in the carpet industry in Mexico.
Washington, DC, Nov. 21, 2008--U.S. Home builders seem to be blaming U.S. federal regulators for at least some of their financial problems.
Linden, AL, Nov. 21, 2008 — Linden Lumber, a leading manufacturer of southern hardwoods, has laid off most of its employees.
Washington, DC, Nov. 21, 2008--The economic downturn will slow commercial real estate markets into 2009, according to a forward-looking index for the commercial real estate sectors published by the National Association of Realtors.
Boston, MA, Nov. 21, 2008--The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has opened the public comment period for its LEED for Retail rating system, both for New Construction and Commercial Interiors projects.
Washington, DC, Nov. 21, 2008--Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae have ordered mortgage servicers and foreclosure attorneys to suspend foreclosure sales and evictions for certain properties.
Dalton, GA, Nov. 20, 2008– The Carpet and Rug Institute’s annual meeting focused largely on “mythbusting,” or encouraging members to correct much of the widespread misinformation about carpet as they market their brands.
Viken, Sweden, Nov. 21, 2008--Yildiz Entegre will use Välinge Innovation's 5G fold down technology and will be the first Turkish firm to use the technology.
New York, NY, Nov. 20, 2008--Oil prices fell below $50 to a two-year low Thursday in Asia as investors priced in lower crude demand from a global economic downturn that's shaping up as the worst in decades.