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Tempe, AZ, January 3, 2022- The November Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) registered 49%, 1.2 percentage points lower than the 50.2% recorded in October, according to the latest Manufacturing ISM Report On Business.
Washington, DC, January 3, 2023—"The U.S. economy showed fresh signs of slowing late this year as consumer spending and business demand softened and inflation eased,” reports the Wall Street Journal.
Washington, DC, January 3, 2023—"Companies including investment giant Vanguard Group, workplace technology company Paycom Software Inc. and others have sent directives to employees in recent weeks, urging workers to follow existing hybrid schedules or to come into the office on additional days in 2023, according to internal memos viewed by The Wall Street Journal and interviews with employees. In some cases, bosses have told those who fail to comply that they could face termination within weeks.”
Columbus, OH, January 2, 2023-Fred Williamson has retired as executive vice president of Starnet.
Dalton, GA, January 2, 2023-Piet Dossche has chosen to step down from the Shaw board of directors, effective December 2022.
New York, NY, January 2, 2023—Floorcloud and Consolidated Flooring announced their partnership to bring the New York and Chicago market areas a new technology platform to enhance the level of jobsite quality control occurring on many of the largest commercial construction projects in each region.
Bonita Springs, FL, January 2, 2023—Abbey Carpet Company Incorporated named Bill Wilson executive vice president of sales & marketing.
Washington, DC, December 23, 2022—Sales of new single-family houses in November 2022 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 640,000, according to estimates released jointly by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 5.8% above the revised October rate of 605,000 but 15.3% below the November 2021 estimate of 756,000.
Ann Arbor, MI, December 23, 2022—Consumer sentiment rose 5.1% to 59.7 in December, according to final results from the University of Michigan Survey of Consumers.
New York, NY, December 23, 2022—"The Covid-19 pandemic might not be gone, but the global supply-chain crisis it spawned has abated,” reports the Wall Street Journal.