Omaha, NE, July 21--Berkshire Hathaway will acquire recreation vehicle manufacturer Forest River Inc. from its founder and CEO, Peter J. Liegl. Forest River will continue to be managed by Liegl as ...

Las Vegas, NV, June 30--The Venetian's new 1,013-room Venezia tower, which opened this week, is expected to cut the Strip resort's overhead cost per room by as much as 12 percent, an analyst ...

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 ...

Atlanta, GA, September 8--Georgia-Pacific has sold three lumber mills to closely held Allegheny Wood Products Inc. for an undisclosed amount as it shifts its focus from hardwood lumber. Georgia ...

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 ...

Hardwood was the fastest growing flooring category in 2013. In total, the hardwood industry’s sales were $1.921 billion, up over 13% from 2012, according to Market Insights LLC. In volume, the ...

Down, Northern Ireland, December 27-- Donaghadee Carpets has confirmed that the company, which was established just a year ago, will close with the loss of 63 jobs, according to the Belfast-based ...

Washington, DC, Oct. 1--Federal regulators have safely shipped a large amount of radioactive material to South Carolina from a defunct floor-manufacturing plant in central Pennsylvania, officials ...

Tempe, AZ, Mar, 26--Costco Wholesale, the membership-warehouse retailer, will build the second store of its fledgling Costco Home chain near its Tempe store at Elliot Road and Priest Drive ...

Grigsby’s Carpet, Tile & Rug Gallery isn’t a company that’s bullish on expansion. With 55 years of success under its belt, the Tulsa, Oklahoma based company takes a conservative, deliberate ...

Houston, San Francisco & Austell, GA, December 3--Propex Fabrics Inc., a subsidiary of Propex Fabrics Holdings Inc. (formerly AFFC Holdings, Inc.), today announced it has finalized the acquisition ...

Louisville, KY, July 27--Louisville Tile Distributors recently celebrated its 50th year in business with simultaneous birthday parties at each of the company’s eight locations. The events ...