Omnova Solutions Hikes Prices
Fairlawn, OH, August 18, 2006--Omnova Solutions announced a price increase of $0.04 per dry pound on styrene butadiene latex for carpet and related markets, effective September 18, 2006.
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Carpet One Launches New Lees Collection
Manchester, NH, August 23, 2006--Since it was launched in 1999, Carpet One Floor & Home’s Lees For Living carpet has been one of the top-selling and most popular brands.
IDG Launches Website For Louis A. Dabbieri Collect
Denver, CO, August 22, 2006--Members of International Design Guild, an alliance of luxury floor covering showrooms, have officially launched www.DabbieriCollection.com.
Unemployment Up in Most States
Washington, DC, August 18, 2006--Most states saw unemployment rates rise in July, with 41 states reporting increases from June, led by Mississippi and Midwestern manufacturing states, the Labor Department said on Friday.
Leading Indicators Off 0.1%
New York, NY, August 17, 2006--The Conference Board announced today that the U.S. leading index decreased 0.1 percent, the coincident index increased 0.2 percent and the lagging index decreased 0.1 percent in July.
NAR: Retail Industry Sales Up in July
Washington, DC, August 14, 2006--Early back-to-school promotions and summer heat waves paid off in big dividends for the nation’s retailers in July.
Real Estate Financing Expected to See Dramatic Cha
Washington, DC, August 11, 2006--Over the next five to ten years, the real estate finance industry will face dramatic changes in the economy; in capital markets; in borrowers, products and processes.
Trade Deficit is 5th Largest Ever
Washington, D.C., August 10. 2006--Though still the fifth largest ever, the U.S. trade deficit improved slightly in June as record sales of U.S. farm products and other exports blunted the impact of soaring crude oil prices.
Toll Brothers Reduces Deliveries
Horsham, PA, August 9, 2006--Toll Brothers reduced its estimate of the number of homes to be delivered in the fourth quarter.
Lowe's Responds to Chicago 'Big-Box' L
Chicago, IL, August 9, 2006--Lowe's has put plans for two home-improvement centers in Chicago on hold in the wake of the city's new "big-box" minimum-wage ordinance, following similar steps taken by Wal-Mart and Target, a developer and alderman sa