Hampton Capital Partners, LLC, dba Gulistan Carpet (“Gulistan”), announced that it filed a voluntary petition for Chapter 11 business reorganization in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.
Freight rates will likely increase in April 2013 for stone blocks, pieces or slabs NOT mounted diagonally or vertically on lift truck skids, pallets or platforms or on shipping carriers or racks (they were raised in April 2012).
In the latest sign of a burgeoning recovery in U.S. housing markets, the number of metropolitan areas on the National Association of Home Builders/First American Improving Markets Index (IMI) rose for a fifth consecutive month to 242 in January.
Contracts for U.S. home resales hit a 2-1/2-year high in November and factory activity in the Midwest expanded this month, suggesting some strength in the economy despite the threat of tighter fiscal policy.
Crown Mats and Matting, a division of Ludlow Composites Corporation and a manufacturer of anti-fatigue and entrance matting products, has been acquired by Desco Capital.
Green Seal, a nonprofit organization that uses science-based programs to help consumers, purchasers, and companies create a Greener and more sustainable world, has just released its “Green and Sustainable Resolutions for 2013.”
AmericasMart Atlanta has partnered with Verizon Wireless to create a fully functional wireless communications environment spanning its entire facility of more than seven million square feet.