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Willemstad, Curaçao, September 19, 2017—Innovations4Flooring (I4F) has announced that it has filed an inter partes review (IPR) petition at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to nullify Välinge’s U.S. Patent No. 7,398,625.
Washington, DC, September 18, 2017—Builder confidence in the market for newly-built single-family homes fell three points to a level of 64 in September from a downwardly revised August reading of 67 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI).
Arlington, VA, September 18, 2017—Thirty-four states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between August 2016 and August 2017, while 30 states added construction jobs between July and August amid strong demand for construction work in most parts of the country, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America Labor Department data.
Columbia, SC, September 18, 2017—Shaw has committed to building a cogeneration, Combined Heat & Power (CHP) plant, at its Columbia, South Carolina fiber production facility.
Saddle Brook, NJ, September 18, 2017—Christopher Guy Harrison, founder and CEO of Christopher Guy, and Nourison are teaming up to create a rug line.
Madison, WI, September 18, 2017—Jaeckle Distributors will now offer commercial products by Tarkett.
Chicago, IL, September 18, 2017—As NeoCon nears its historic 50th edition, June 11 to 13, 2018, the show team is calling upon its community of participants—exhibitors, attendees, and partners—to submit their photo highlights from year’s past.
Dallas, TX, September 18, 2017—Tony Anthony, founder and owner of Specialty Products, 83, died on September 12.
Washington, DC, September 15, 2017—The percentage of small business owners planning to make capital expenditures in the next three to six months reached its highest level since 2006, according to the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Index of Small Business Optimism.
Washington, DC, September 15, 2017—Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for August 2017 were $474.8 billion, a decrease of 0.2% from the previous month, and 3.2% above August 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.