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Cambridge, MA, June 27, 2016—The national housing market has now regained enough momentum to provide an engine of growth for the U.S. economy, according to the The State of the Nation’s Housing report by the Joint Center for Housing Studies.
Ann Arbor, MI, June 27, 2016—Consumer sentiment fell to 93.5 in June, a 1.3% drop from May’s 94.7, according to the final results from the University of Michigan’s Survey of Consumers.
Los Angeles, CA, June 27, 2016—KB Homes announced quarterly revenue of $811.1 million, or earnings per share of $0.18 for Q2 2016, compared to revenue of $623.0 million, or earnings per share of $0.10 for Q2 2015, an increase of 30%.
Wichita, KS, June 27, 2016—Invista informed customers on June 24 that it had invoked Force Majeure on adiponitrile (ADN) and hexamethlyene diamine (HMD) following an unspecified incident at its Victoria, Texas facility.
Willemstad, Curacao, June 27, 2016—Innovations4Flooring (I4F) has announced that the European Patent Office’s opposition division has published a preliminary opinion in favour of its patent EP’724.
Oxford, AL, June 27, 2016—Kronospan has announced plans for a $362 million expansion to its current Oxford, Alabama manufacturing facility, according to WRBC.
Washington DC, June 24, 2016—U.S. Commerce Department reports new home sales declined 6% in May, but the pace was still the second best for a month since the recession ended.
Washington, D.C., June 24, 2016—The U.S. Department of Commerce announced that the new orders for manufactured durable goods decreased by 2.2% after a forecasted drop of only 0.5.
Salem, NH, June 24, 2016—Time Cole, VP of marketing and global sustainability at nora systems, Inc., has been named to the Health Product Declaration (HPD) Collaborative board of directors.
Dalton, GA, June 23, 2016—W.F. Taylor is moving its corporate headquareters from Fontana, California to Dalton, Georgia into a leased facility just off I-75 on College Drive.