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Vancouver-based Nuheat is officially setting up shop in the United States with new offices that will service the Midwest, Northeast and Pacific Northwest, as well as California, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Montana and the Dakotas, according to the company.

Construction spending rose 0.3 percent in October with a large gain in the construction of schools, hospitals and other non-residential buildings, the Commerce Department reported recently.

Total jobless claims dropped sharply for the second consecutive week to its lowest in nearly two years, the Labor Deparment reported recently.

Consumer spending went up 0.4 percent last month, the biggest increase in three months, the Commerce Department reported recently.

The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index, which has declined for five straight months, rebounded in November.

The economy moved ahead at a 4 percent annual rate in the summer, a stronger performance than previously thought, the Commerce Department reported today.

Sales of existing single-family homes rose to unusually high levels last month, according to the National Association of Realtors.

Flooring America spokesperson Cathy Rigby selected Mary Johnson of Miami as the first Grand Prize Winner of the national Ugliest Floors Contest.

The Bostik Findley Flooring Group has launched its new website at www.bostikfindley-us.com.

The Commerce Department reported recently that housing starts dropped 11.4 percent in October from September, which had hit a 16-year high.