http://www.prosalesmagazine.com/industry-news-section.asp?referer=rss420&sectionID=420PSOL Today's News en jbutterf@hanleywood.com http://www.prosalesmagazine.com/externals/images/logo_bol.gif http://www.prosalesmagazine.com/industry-news-section.asp?referer=rss420&sectionID=4209755http://www.prosalesmagazine.com/industry-news.asp?referer=rss420&sectionID=420&articleID=1380805http://www.prosalesmagazine.com/industry-news.asp?referer=rss420&sectionID=420&articleID=1380805The National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association (NLBMDA) is urging its members to contact their senators this weekend in advance of votes on measures amending the health care reform bill to eliminate or alter what the association and other groups decry as an onerous burden on small businesses.Thu, 2 Sep 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.prosalesmagazine.com/industry-news.asp?referer=rss420&sectionID=420&articleID=1380707http://www.prosalesmagazine.com/industry-news.asp?referer=rss420&sectionID=420&articleID=1380707Weyerhaeuser Co. announced it has paid a dividend worth $5.Thu, 2 Sep 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.prosalesmagazine.com/industry-news.asp?referer=rss420&sectionID=420&articleID=1379204http://www.prosalesmagazine.com/industry-news.asp?referer=rss420&sectionID=420&articleID=1379204The Washington County, Pa., board of commissioners is likely to consider on Sept.Wed, 1 Sep 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.prosalesmagazine.com/industry-news.asp?referer=rss420&sectionID=420&articleID=1379107http://www.prosalesmagazine.com/industry-news.asp?referer=rss420&sectionID=420&articleID=1379107An ever more aggressive attitude toward late payments helped LBM dealers limit the increase in average accounts receivable to just one day this year from 2009, results from a just-completed ProSales survey indicate.Wed, 1 Sep 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.prosalesmagazine.com/industry-news.asp?referer=rss420&sectionID=420&articleID=1380635http://www.prosalesmagazine.com/industry-news.asp?referer=rss420&sectionID=420&articleID=1380635WASHINGTON - American companies experienced the largest drop in workplace productivity this spring in nearly four years and a rise in labor costs, suggesting businesses may no longer be able to squeeze more work out leaner staffs.Thu, 2 Sep 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.prosalesmagazine.com/industry-news.asp?referer=rss420&sectionID=420&articleID=1379834http://www.prosalesmagazine.com/industry-news.asp?referer=rss420&sectionID=420&articleID=1379834The investment firm seeking to buy and take private BlueLinx added yet another week--until Sept.Wed, 1 Sep 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.prosalesmagazine.com/industry-news.asp?referer=rss420&sectionID=420&articleID=1380460http://www.prosalesmagazine.com/industry-news.asp?referer=rss420&sectionID=420&articleID=1380460When you're operating in the state with the nation's fourth-highest unemployment rate and the 19th worst foreclosure rate, it might seem to make sense for Douglas Lumber of Smithfield, R.Thu, 2 Sep 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.prosalesmagazine.com/industry-news.asp?referer=rss420&sectionID=420&articleID=1377402http://www.prosalesmagazine.com/industry-news.asp?referer=rss420&sectionID=420&articleID=1377402A Teamsters Union strike against two Chicago-area ProBuild facilities has entered its fifth full week with no resolution in sight and increased frustration by the Teamster local's leader that ProBuild is pulling back from past offers more than it's making concessions.Thu, 2 Sep 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.prosalesmagazine.com/industry-news.asp?referer=rss420&sectionID=420&articleID=1378141http://www.prosalesmagazine.com/industry-news.asp?referer=rss420&sectionID=420&articleID=1378141WASHINGTON - Home prices rose in June for a third straight month as now-expired tax credits inspired a burst of home-buying.Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.prosalesmagazine.com/industry-news.asp?referer=rss420&sectionID=420&articleID=1227412http://www.prosalesmagazine.com/industry-news.asp?referer=rss420&sectionID=420&articleID=1227412The Environmental Protection Agency's Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) rule is widely considered a "game changer" for the residential remodeling industry.Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST