Economist Jeff Dietrich advised attendees at the 2012 Glazing Executives Forum to"make your move."Dietrich,senior analyst for the Institute for Trend Research,was the keynote speaker for the 7th annual forum,held Sept.13 as part of ...
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MFEA sees 10% rise in export sales of furniture GEORGE TOWN: The Malaysian Furniture Entrepreneurs Association (MFEA) is projecting a 5% to 10% increase in export sales of Malaysian-made furniture products this year to over RM8bil from ...
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Furniture Insights Monthly Results New Furniture Orders As we expected in last month's issue of Furniture Insights, new orders in May improved significantly over April orders according to our recent survey of residential furniture ...
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For some reason, investors seem to be wary of stocks. It may be because bonds have beaten the stuffing out of stocks for the past 20 years. It may be the stream of scandals plaguing Wall Street. Or it may be that they are Facebook ...
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(Reuters) - Railroad shipments of lumber are gaining momentum, signaling a construction upturn that should drive up shipping volume of consumer products from appliances to furniture. This mounting demand for construction and household goods ...
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Sany Heavy Industry Co. (600031), China’s biggest maker of excavators, may cut its unit-sales forecast for this year as government efforts to curb property speculation slow construction. “Given the weak market, I think ...
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U. S. Timber and lumber sales have taken a major hit as a result of the housing bubble collapse and the economic recession that began in 2008, says James Henderson, and while there has been a glimmer of improvement in the market — ...
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Wood products demand is far more sensitive to the economy than demand for almost any other product. The outlook for the next two years is moderately positive, at least compared to the weak domestic markets we’ve seen since the ...
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