The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) will host its 76th Annual Conference February 24-27 at the Loews Ventana Canyon in Tucson, Ariz. The event will feature keynote speaker, Robert Tucker, author of Innovation is ...
The Australian dollar fell sharply after The Wall Street Journal reported a warning on the outlook for the Australian economy issued by ratings firm Standard and Poor's. At 5pm AEDT the dollar was buying $US1.04, down from $US1.0470 in ...
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AT THE MARKET - Heavy traffic - the kind not seen in several years - is the common denominator for many upholstery showrooms at this week's market. Marshfield Furniture attracted showroom visitors with bright hues, a variety of ...
The nonresidential construction industry is expected to see a 5-percent rise in spending this year, according to the American Institute of Architects (AIA) semi-annual Consensus Construction Forecast, and is expected to grow at a faster ...
Image courtesy of infotruck.blogspot.com.au.1 Wesfarmers Limited has released its second quarter retail sales results for the period ending 31 December 2012. Managing director Richard Goyder said he was generally pleased with the sales ...
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Growing at a faster rate than the overall U.S. economy, the nonresidential construction industry is expected to see solid, yet measured, increases in activity this year. High demand for hotels and retail projects have the commercial sector ...
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Our team of editors, market analysts, and television producers departs today for the 2013 International Builders' Show, which takes place January 22-24 in Las Vegas. With the housing market in the midst of a bona fide rebound—home ...
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Insteel Industries, Inc. reported Thursday net earnings of $2.4 million, or $0.13 per diluted share for Q1 of fiscal 2013 compared with a net loss of $0.2 million in the same period a year ago. Insteel said that its financial results for ...
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One 21st Century value we cherish as homeowners is the idea of living in a home that reflects us, that one’s home should be defined by the rules that one sets for oneself, not by received wisdom. Yet, when trying to sell a home in a ...
Turkey's Steel Exporters' Association (CIB) organized a visit to Egypt on January 12-14 led by Turkey's deputy economy minister Mustafa Sever and including the participation of CIB chairman Namk Ekinci, steel company executives and economy ...
In an exclusive interview with Glass Magazine, Elliott Kracko, chairman of Gamma, a division of the Far East Global Group Ltd., and James (Jim) Mitchell, president, Gamma Canadian Operations, discuss the contract glazier’s recent ...
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Bloomberg reported that steel reinforcement bar futures dropped for the first time in three days on concern that China will maintain curbs on real estate investment next year,limiting housing construction. Rebar for delivery in May lost ...
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Manufacturing output showed growth in December for the third time in the last seven months, according to today’s December Manufacturing Report on Business from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). The PMI, the index used by ...
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Major Latin American PVC producer Mexichem continued to conduct internal discussions in efforts to respond to a force majeure announced last week by its feedstock VCM supplier PPG in the US, a Mexichem source said Wednesday. "We're ...
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The Valspar Corporation has announced a long-term strategic supply relationship with Ace Hardware Corporation under which Valspar will manufacture and supply Ace-branded paint products as well as make a comprehensive line of Valspar- ...