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Consumer confidence rose 3.0 points in June to 85.2, marking a new cycle high. Both the present situation and future expectations series improved during the month and consumers expressed more optimism about both current and expected employment conditions....

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Ronald Glenn England, 64, of Monroe passed away Wednesday, June 18, 2014 at the University of Virginia Medical Center. He is survived by his wife of 43 years, Vera W. England. Born in Lexington, North Carolina, he was a son of the late Robert Summers...

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Innovative Hearth Products (IHP), previously known as Lennox Hearth Products and FMI Products, recently unveiled three new, high-tech websites, one for each of the company’s new primary brands, Astria, IronStrike and Superior. A new corporate website...

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From Builder Pulse Monthly figures on U.S. home-construction starts make the industry appear bipolar: down significantly in March, up big in April and down again in May. The reality is, when the focus is broadened to the first five months of this...

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From Biomass Magazine The U.S. Energy Information Administration forecasts are wrong for biomass utilization in the power sector, according to William Strauss, founder and president of FutureMetrics, writing  in his latest white paper, “Wood...

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HNI Corporation MUSCATINE, IA — HNI Corp. announced first quarter net sales of $452.2 million for the quarter ending March 29, 2014, an increase of $9.9 million, or 2.2 percent, compared to the same quarter last year. The change was driven by an...

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