May 10, 2012  Jeff King with the law firm Crowell & Moring, General Counsel of the World Floor Covering Association (WFCA), discusses the problem of asbestos in certain installations where older floor coverings containing asbestos need to be taken up, as well as the expense involved with removing these floor coverings. 

May 9, 2012  Excerpts from Mohawk Industries’ first quarter conference call featuring opening remarks by Jeff Lorberbaum, Mohawk Chairman and CEO, and a Q&A session with Lorberbaum and Mohawk CFO Frank Boykin.

May 8, 2012  Excerpts from Mohawk Industries’ first quarter conference call featuring opening remarks by Jeff Lorberbaum, Mohawk Chairman and CEO, and a Q&A session with Lorberbaum and Mohawk CFO Frank Boykin. 

May 7, 2012  Excerpts from Mohawk Industries’ first quarter conference call. 

May 4, 2012  Mike Barker, Investment & Retirement Management, discusses the jobs report, its effect on the market and the Federal Reserve, and the likelihood of a QE3. Barker also looks at the housing sector, the European debt situation and the recent earnings reports.

May 2, 2012  David Knight, one of the founders of bamboo flooring company Teragren, discusses the formation of a new company he will head called Resource Fiber, that will cultivate bamboo in the U.S. and develop applications and a market for products made from bamboo. He also discusses bamboo as a flooring product and his expectations for its future.

May 1, 2012  David Knight, one of the founders of bamboo flooring company Teragren, discusses the formation of a new company he will head called Resource Fiber, that will cultivate bamboo in the U.S. and develop applications and a market for products made from bamboo. He also discusses bamboo as a flooring product and his expectations for its future.