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Carpet One and Liz Claiborne Inc. have established an agreement to produce a flooring line under the Liz Claiborne brand name.

Sales of existing single-family homes rose last month and are close to the highest level of activity ever recorded, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR).

After dipping in April, the Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index edged up in May.

Sales of new homes increased 1 percent in April, based largely on the strength of activity in the nation’s Midwest region, according to a report released by the U.S. Commerce Department.

The economy grew at an annual rate of 5.6 percent in the first quarter, the U.S. Commerce Department said.

DuPont Commercial Flooring formed of the DuPont Antron Sustainability Advisory Council. This third-party network of volunteer multidisciplinary experts will help DuPont Commercial Flooring understand and manage the total environmental impact of DuPont Antron fiber over the entire lifecycle of commercial flooring applications.

Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket goods jumped 1.1 percent in April, with demand especially strong for cars, communications equipment and machinery.

The advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial jobless claims fell last week, the U.S. Department of Labor reported.

The Index of Leading Economic indicators fell 0.4 percent in April -- the first decline since a 0.6 percent drop in September 2001 -- after rising 0.1 percent in March.

U.S. consumer sentiment rose in early May to its highest level in 18 months as improvement in the stock market, better economic reports and relative calm in the Mideast lifted consumers' spirits.