GLG News by Gypsum Wallboard Experts

Issues with Lowes and Home Depot is about consistency or lack of.  There are many extremely competent designers however there are not enough of them to create a postive image with the consumers. or to cover the long retail hours.  Additionally the environment in which to make a large...

Plywood prices remain high in spite of depressed housing market.  GP's purchase of IP plants will help to strengthen those levels.  However, it will not affect its market position nor prestige as a major paper products manufacturer. 

    The Surface Transportation Board (STB) is asking for comments on its new definition of a “contract”. This could trigger a benefit to the railroads, such as Union Pacific, BNSF, Norfolk Southern, and CSX).

    The Dakota Minnesota & Eastern (DM&E) was turned down for its application with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for approximately $2.3 billion in Government-backed loan guarantees through the Railroad Rehabilitation & Improvement Financing (RRIF) out of...

    The Energy Information Agency (EIA) has been overstating the coal production cuts in the Central Appalachian region.. Those that have been utilizing the EIA numbers for modeling coal producer sales from the Central Appalachian region or for estimating coal inventories at utilities...

    Massey had a one-two punch of news. The first, which is the linked resignation letter, was the abrupt departure of two Board Members from Third Point Capital. The second was the Federal District Court of Southern West Virginia’s ruling on June 13, 2007 rejecting the practice...

April's new home sales data showed the largest monthly gain in 14 years.  Could this signal the start of the next housing boom?  Several negative factors indicate otherwise.

Who among all the participants will survive the continuing slow housing market?  In this integrated industry, the pain from declining revenues and profits in the red span the gamut of participants, from builders down to wood cutters in the forest?  Is anyone exempt?  Who is positioned...

Health care, higher education and water/wastewater will be among the hottest markets for design and construction firms in 2007, A/E/C industry will outperform the U.S. economy in 2007, while only 12% expect the industry to lag.  , Health care, higher education and water/wastewater will be among...

USG is cutting labor.  What else are they doing that the rest of the industry will be following?