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Midland, MI, Oct. 23, 2008--Dow Chemical Co. reported a 6 percent increase in third-quarter profits as price increases passed on to customers offset a nearly 50 percent jump in its raw materials and energy costs.
Dalton, GA, October 23, 2008 -- With a theme of “We Speak Floor,” the FloorTek 2009 bi-annual trade show, sponsored by the American Floorcovering Alliance will return to the Northwest Georgia Trade Center in Dalton Sept. 22-24.
New York, NY, Oct. 22, 2008--A measure of future U.S. nonresidential construction activity plunged last month as more architects reported cancellations of projects amid the ongoing credit crisis, according to the American Institute of Architects.
Muscle Shoals, AL, Oct. 22, 2008--Roppe Holding plans to turn a vacant manufacturing home business into a distribution site for Flexco Co.
Lancaster, PA, Oct. 21, 2008--Migrations BioBased Tile by Armstrong Commercial Floors took top honors in the 2008 Symposium Distinction Awards.
Atlanta, GA, Oct. 21, 2008--Profits fell slightly but sales were flat for Interface Inc. in the third quarter compared to a year ago.
San Francisco, CA, Oct. 22, 2008--If 2008 was a record year for home foreclosures, next year could look even worse as job losses mount, the chief economist of the Mortgage Bankers Association said on Tuesday.
Dalton, GA, Oct. 22, 2008--My Mohawk RoomMate, a web application that matches consumers with the right type of flooring for their room makeover, earned two awards from the International Academy of Visual Arts and the W3 Awards.
Washington, DC, Oct. 22, 2008--The volume of mortgage applications filed last week decreased a seasonally adjusted 16.6% compared with the week before.
Greensboro, NC, Oct. 21, 2008--UFloor Systems has entered in to a new full-line distribution agreement with Distribution Brothers, LLC, with three locations in Eau Claire, Wis., and Cedar Rapids and Urbandale, Iowa.