The Commerce Department said new home sales rose 1.7 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.028 million, the third fastest pace since the government began tracking the data in 1963.
Armstrong World Industries
Inc. (AWI), the operating subsidiary of Armstrong Holdings Inc. (AHI), has filed its fourth amended Plan of Reorganization
(POR) and proposed Disclosure Statement with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in
Wilmington, Del.
New jobless claims rose unexpectedly last week on the back of layoffs after a series of tornadoes that struck the Midwest, a Labor Department report showed.
Pergo announced on January 28, 2003 that an agreement
had been signed whereby Pergo would acquire the remaining shares in Witex AG from HW Industries GmbH & Co KG.
The first meeting of the Inter-Industry Working Group on Concrete Floor Issues, "Building Bridges to Better Floors," was organized and hosted recently by Construction Technology Laboratories (CTL); and co-sponsored by the American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC), Hanley-Wood LLC, and the Strategic Development Council (SDC) of the ACI Concrete Research and Education Foundation.