St. Louis, MO, Feb. 25--Professional installers of resilient flooring will have more opportunities to earn a Forbo Associate Mechanic certification, thanks to a partnership that Forbo Linoleum ...

Enzo Mularoni graduated from college with a degree in civil engineering and went to work in his father’s ready mix concrete business at the age of 24. Less than six months later, his father sold ...

Lebanon, OR, January 13--It was probably the worst kept secret in mid-valley history. For nearly a year now, rumors had circulated that Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse Inc. was looking at ...

Waltham, MA, October 25-- Back in 1974, when Ron Sickels started working at Waltham's Jordan's Furniture, Barry and Eliot Tatelman had not made a single TV commercial, according to the MetroWest ...

Dover, OH, January 10-- Marlite has unveiled Symmetrix with Sani-Coat, a scored FRP panel coated with an exclusive sanitary sealer. Symmetrix panels, available in a variety of colours, are grooved ...

Anderson, SC, June 20--Stagnant sales and falling profits have led DuPont and other chemical companies to try to sell their textile fiber businesses. And despite a recent deal that significantly ...

Wheaton, IL, August 31--A DuPage County judge upheld a jury's $140,000 award to a family who sued a real estate company and several others after discovering their Oswego house was infested with mold.

Olean, NY, Oct. 13--Ceramic tile maker Dal-Tile will be laying off 25-30 production workers at its Olean, NY plant today, according to the Olean Times Herald. Plant manager Toby Miller said ...

Troy, MI, Nov. 4--A federal prosecutor on Monday described two former Kmart executives as engaging in a conspiracy of lies and deceit to inflate the discount retailer's earnings, while defense ...

Atlanta, GA, Feb. 24--Home Depot launched a new national advertising campaign with a 60 second branding spot during the Grammy Awards on CBS. The theme of the new campaign is, "Home Depot is more ...

Seattle, WA, Sept. 9--The price of a roof is going through the roof. Ditto the price of siding and framing materials, according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Wholesale costs of lumber have ...

Orlando, FL, Nov. 26--During 20 years in business for himself, Orlando tradesman Bill Miller has earned a decent living, mostly by doing repairs and other small drywall work, the kind of jobs that ...