| | | May 02, 2019 / The Right News Right When It Happens | | Top Story | | | | CARE Names 2019 People of the Year & Recycler of the Year | | Houston, TX, May 2, 2019-Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE), the non-profit organization charged with advancing market-based solutions for carpet recycling and landfill diversion of post-consumer carpet, has named its Person of the Year and Recycler of the Year for 2018. | | |
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| | Today's Flooring News | | | | Builder Confidence in 55+ Housing Hit Record High in Q1 | | Washington, DC, May 2, 2019—Builder confidence in the single-family 55+ housing market continued to strengthen in the first quarter of 2019 with a reading of 72, up six points from the previous quarter, according to the National Association of Home Builders' (NAHB) 55+ Housing Market Index (HMI). | | |
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| | | | NWFA Expo Underway Now in Texas | | Dallas, TX, May 2, 2019—The National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA) expo is underway now in Fort Worth, Texas. | | |
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| | | | Labor Productivity Increased by 3.6% in Q1 | | Washington, DC, May 2, 2019—Nonfarm business sector labor productivity increased 3.6% in the first quarter of 2019, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported, as output increased 4.1% and hours worked increased 0.5%. | | |
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| | | Orders for Manufactured Goods Rose 1.9% in March | | Washington, DC, May 2, 2019—New orders for manufactured goods in March, up following two consecutive monthly decreases, increased $9.3 billion or 1.9% to $508.2 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau reported. | | |
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| Featured Video | | | | Chad Chaffin Discusses The Challenges that Carpet Recyclers are Facing Today | | May 2, 2019—Chad Chaffin, owner of Southeastern Recycling, and Kemp Harr discuss the issues that carpet collectors and sorters are having stayin | | |
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