Sales of newly-built, single-family homes declined by less than one percent in January from an upwardly revised number in the previous month to hit a seasonally adjusted annual pace of 321,000 units, according to data jointly released by HUD and the U.S. Commerce Department.
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said Saturday that he was "dead wrong" with a prediction that the U.S. housing market would begin to recover by now, but that he remained optimistic about the nation's economy.
On Thursday, Feb. 23, the Secretary of Labor of the State of Maryland convened a Stakeholders meeting in the Senate Finance Committee Room to discuss the negative ramifications the Workplace Fraud Act of 2009 was having on the floor covering industry.
Douglas Broward has been appointed to the newly created office of AMC svp/branding, a position created to help accelerate and expand AmericasMart’s growth in the global tradeshow/trade mart arena, according to Jeffrey L. Portman, Sr., president and chief operating officer.
World Floor Covering Association (WFCA) Board of Directors Chairman Jim Walters announced that D. Christopher Davis, the WFCA's President and Chief Executive Officer, passed away on the evening of Feb. 22.
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Audra Hession, svp and manager director of pr firm Gibbs & Soell, used a webinar earlier this week as the vehicle to launch a new campaign supporting American hardwood products.