Starnet Honors Design Awards Winners
Darien, CT, May 8, 2013 -- — Starnet Worldwide Commercial Flooring recently honored 14 members in the 13th Annual Starnet Design Awards.
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Former BPS CEO Minite Gets New Job
Santa Fe Springs, CA, May 8, 2013 -- Former Bentley Prince Street CEO has been named president and general manager of a new company, Paralleltek.
USFContract Named Fuse Alliance Supplier
Aurora, CO, May 8, 2013 -- The Fuse Alliance said that USFContract is its newest preferred supplier.
Centiva Awards School Innovation Grant
Florence, AL, May 8, 2013 -- Resilient maker Centiva said that Delores T. Aaron Elementary in New Orleans is the recipient of its Centiva Green School Innovation Grant for the 2013-2014 school year.
Pergo Gets Favorable Patent Ruling in Sweden
Dallas, May 8, 2013 –- The Swedish Court of Appeals has overturned a ruling that had invalidated a Pergo patent related to so-called fold-down flooring planks.
Job Postings Decline in March
Washington, DC, May 8, 2013 -- Employers posted fewer job openings in March compared with February, according to the Labor Department.
Shamrock Plank Flooring To Add Manufacturing
Memphis, TN, May 8, 2013 -- Shamrock Plank Flooring, a division of J.T. Shannon Lumber, is expanding its presence in North Mississippi by adding new manufacturing operations in a 62,900 square-foot facility.
Improving Housing Markets List Ticks Down
Washington, DC, May 7, 2013 -- The number of U.S. housing markets showing sustained improvement fell slightly to 258 in May from 273 in April, according to the National Association of Home Builders/First American Improving Markets Index.
Internet Sales Tax Bill Goes to Conservative House
Washington, DC, May 7, 2013 -- Although the Senate voted overwhelmingly to pass a bill to empower states to collect sales taxes from Internet purchases, the bill faces a much more uncertain future in the House.
Mannington Files Appeal in Home Legend Dispute
Rome, GA, May 6, 2013 -- Mannington Mills in April was handed a setback in a copyright-infringement dispute with laminate maker Home Legend over a line of maple-look laminate.