Federal Reserve Chairmain Ben Bernanke is set to speak Feb. 10 at the National Association of Home Builders' 2012 International Builders' Show (IBS), Feb. 8-11, 2012, in Orlando, Fla.

Tony Steel has been appointed the new Technical Director of Cobble Blackburn.

Kopmeyer and Associates Inc. (KAI), a distributor based in Kansas City, will now represent all five CBC Flooring brands in the states of Kansas and western Missouri.

Existing-home sales improved in October while the number of homes on the market continued to decline, according to the National Association of Realtors.

Egypt's Oriental Weavers Carpet has reported a 23 percent decline in nine-month profit amid soaring raw material prices.

Välinge has terminated its license agreement on glueless mechanical locking system with the Chinese laminate producer Jiangsu Licheer Wood Co., Ltd.

A former Lahaina Carpet & Interiors employee is serving a one-year jail term for stealing more than $180,000 from the business, which its owner said has struggled to recover.

U.S. Congressman Tom Graves was the keynote speaker at the Carpet and Rug Institute's annual membership meeting held Wednesday, Nov. 9, at the Northwest Georgia Trade and Convention Center in Dalton.

George Bandy Jr., vp sustainability strategy and diversity for InterfaceFLOR, has been elected to a three-year term as a member of the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) Board of Directors.

The ninth annual NeoCon East drew 6,748 attendees and 267 exhibitors to the Baltimore Convention Center, Nov. 2-3.