Hoboken Floors will host an Open House from 5 to 10 p.m. October 10 at Gillette Stadium, Fidelity East Club Level, in Foxboro, Mass.

Basell USA Inc. and ConocoPhillips recently announced the signing of an agreement under which Basell will be the exclusive purchaser and marketer of the polypropylene resins produced at ConocoPhillips' new Bayway plant in Linden, N.J.

H. Arthur "Art" Williams, former president and CEO of Mannington Mills, passed away September 25 after suffering a massive stroke. He was 80.

Sol Zwerling, a 40-year veteran of the carpet and rug industry, died Sept. 25 from complications following heart surgery. He was 73.

NFT and FCI's Howard Olansky will moderate "Moisture in Concrete," a panel discussion for users, specifiers, and installers of floor covering products 8:30 a.m. Oct. 10 at the New York Helmsley Hotel.

WASHINGTON -- Gross domestic product rose at an annual rate of 1.3 percent in the second quarter, the Commerce Department reported today.

WASHINGTON -- Sales of new single-family houses climbed 1.9 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 996,000 units last month from a downwardly revised 977,000 in July -- a record level -- the Commerce Department reported today.

Flooring America released final plans for its Fall Conference today.

Domco Tarkett Commercial has added Southern Tile Distributors Inc. in Norfolk and Richmond, Va., as a Tarkett Sommer distributor.

WASHINGTON -- Sales of existing single-family homes slipped in August but remained historically strong.