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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

New York, NY, Aug. 13--It looks like Home Depot is coming to Manhattan. The home-improvement giant has reached agreements to set up its high-end Expo stores at 731 Lexington Ave., and at 28-40 ...

Summitville, OH, July 27-- Summitville Tiles is prepared to leave bankruptcy court protection with orders from some big-name customers, according to the Vindicator. The Columbiana County-based ...

Lewisville, TX, May 7—Floorcovering distributor L.D. Brinkman Corp. has filed for Bankruptcy reorganization under Chapter 11. L.D. Brinkman president, Jeff Sills said the company has been unable ...

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 ...

Auckland, New Zealand, May 5, Feltex Carpets Limited confirmed its intention to list on the New Zealand sharemarket through the launch today of a public offering of its shares, giving the company ...

Greensboro, NC, Mar. 3-- Unifi is closing two plants, cutting back at another and eliminating nearly 400 jobs, or about 10 percent of its work force, to cut costs in response to the slump in the ...

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 ...