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Washington, D.C., October 13, 2005—Import prices rose 2.3% in September, according to the Department of Labor. Prices rose to their highest level in 15 years, as costs of natural gas and oil continued to rise.
Washington, D.C., October 13, 2005--Initial jobless claims remained at an elevated level last week as a result of two devastating storms in the Gulf Coast.
Hoffman Estates, IL, October 13, 2005--Sears has named Teresa Byrd, 56, to the post of senior vice president and general manager, The Great Indoors (TGI), effective immediately.
Washington, DC, October 12, 2005 — The National Retail Federation welcomed today’s decision by the President’s Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform to reject proposals to replace the federal income tax system with a controversial National Retail Sales Tax
Washington, D.C., October 12, 2005--The American Institute of Architects (AIA) today issued a report aimed at providing design and construction professionals a forecast of key economic components related to the rebuilding process of the affected regions.
Cleveland, OH, October 12, 2005--Demand for wall coverings is projected to advance 4.3% annually from a weak 2004 base to $2.4 billion in 2009, according to a new study from The Freedonia Group, Inc., a Cleveland-based industrial market research firm.
Washington, D.C., October 12, 2005--The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) today released its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending October 7.
Washington, DC, October 12, 2005--After-tax profits of retail corporations with assets of $50 million and over totaled $13.0 billion in the first quarter 2005, down $3.7 billion from the preceding quarter.
Washington, D.C., October 12, 2005--Federal Reserve policy makers grew more concerned about inflation after Hurricane Katrina and said that interest rates would probably have to move higher to restrain prices, according to minutes of the central bank'
Los Angeles, CA, October 12, 2005-- KB Home, one of the nation's biggest homebuilders, said Wednesday it would start selling a line of homes designed and decorated by Martha Stewart.