USG, through its subsidiaries, is engaged as a manufacturer and distributor of building materials, producing a range of products for use in new residential, new...
On USG Corp.’s Q3’08 conference call, executives say their liquidity at $600 million is good. The outlook, however, is distinctly gloomy. USG projects a 15% decline in both the commercial and residential construction businesses over the next few years. Notably, all gypsum manufacturers are currently manufacturing and selling their product...
- Berkshire Hathaway Inc. to purchase $300 million - Fairfax Financial Holdings to purchase $100 million CHICAGO, Nov. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- USG Corporation , a leading building products company, reported today that it has entered into an agreement to sell a total of $400 million...
DENVER & HONOLULU -- Intermap Technologies and FS Dreamscapes today announced the release of NEXTMap([R])ProMesh([TM])Oklahoma, another region in their series of terrain mesh and photoscenery downloads that already include California, Florida, Hawaii, Mississippi, and the United Kingdom, for Microsoft([R]) Flight Simulator X and ESP. "This is a special...
Leonard #1-23H (10% Working Interest) DENVER -- Samson Oil & Gas Limited (AMEX: SSN) (ASX: SSN) announced today that drilling operations associated with the Leonard #1-23 H have been completed with the drilling rig being released. Previous operations saw the lateral drilled to a total depth...
California Department of Water ResourcesDWR and U.S. Geological Survey USGS scientists today began acomprehensive three-month study of salmon migration through the Delta. Datagathered from the study will help agencies better manage the Deltaecosystem while enhancing habitat for salmon and other protected speciesand providing a scientific foundation for water policy, ecosystem,...
The Department of Water Resources DWR andU.S. Geological Survey USGS are set to begin the largest-everenvironmental experiment to track juvenile salmon in the Delta. Beginning Friday, November 14, DWR and USGS scientists will release thefirst of 6,000 tagged juvenile salmon into the Sacramento River at OldSacramento. Scientists will track their...
CHICAGO, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- USG Corporation , a leading building products company, said today that its current restructuring initiatives will result in more than $125 million in annualized cost savings. The company also plans to reduce capital expenditures by approximately $190 million in 2009 compared to 2008. ...
Company Will Deploy Mobile Communications Command Fleet to Series of Emergency Exercises LOS ANGELES, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Business is playing a key role in the Great Southern California ShakeOut, the largest earthquake drill in U.S. history. The event, spearheaded by the U.S. Geological Survey (U.S.G.S.)...
BEIJING -- A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck remote northwestern China today, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of casualties. The quake struck the Qinghai province at a depth of 6.2 miles, the agency said. The USGS said the quake's epicenter was located 1,120 miles west of...
Equip Yourself With All New Weapons and Suits to Survive the Horror REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) announced today that the critically acclaimed Dead Space[TM] will be releasing premium upgrade packs* to provide the game hero, Isaac Clarke, an everyday systems engineer, with the ultimate...
Unico, Incorporated (OTCBB: UNCO), a naturalresource company in the precious metals mining sector, today announced theaddition of a new photo gallery on the company's corporate website, www.unicomining.com , showing the company and its wholly owned Deer TrailMining Company subsidiary hosting the recent United States GeologicalSurvey USGS 2008 Marysvale District Field...
Third Quarter 2008 vs. Third Quarter 2007 - Continued weak housing market, high raw material and energy costs impact overall results - L&W Supply's results impacted by lower wallboard demand - Solid Worldwide Ceilings results, but commercial market is slowing - New...
VIENNA, Va. -- LGS, the subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE:ALU) dedicated to serving the U.S. government community, announced today that it worked with the United States Geological Survey USGS to provide a turnkey solution that allowed the agency to officially turn over the 1.710 to 1.755 GHz spectrum in the San...
FREMONT -- At 7:55 a.m. Tuesday, Mission San Jose's ringing bells marked the moment in 1868 when the earth shook for 40 seconds, leaving more than 30 people dead and inflicting property damage across the region. Nearly every building in Hayward was wrecked or destroyed, according to the U.S. Geological...
CHICAGO, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- USG Corporation , a leading building products company, will hold a conference call and webcast to discuss third quarter 2008 results on Tuesday, October 28, 2008, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (10:00 a.m. Central Time). This call can be accessed at USG's...
TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico AFP — A 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck Mexico's southern Chiapas state Thursday, near the Guatemalan border, sparking panic in the region, local officials and US scientists said. The quake struck about 21 kilometers (13 miles) from the Mexican city of Suchiate at 2:41 pm (1941...
Unico, Incorporated (OTCBB: UNCO), a naturalresource company in the precious metals mining sector, today announced thatthe company and its wholly owned Deer Trail Mining Company subsidiaryhosted the recent United States Geological Survey USGS 2008 MarysvaleDistrict Field Trip at the Deer Trail Mine property. According to a report submitted by Deer...
Network Testing Labs (Mobile, Ala.) has awardedFaceTime Communications' Unified SecurityGateway USG top honors in its recent live testing and review of thesecure Web gateway appliance. The review was based on six key criteria in Websecurity : identifying and thwarting malware, performance, ease of use,reports, deployment and documentation. To...
B&C's Oct. 6 Cover Story Takes Readers inside the Technological Advancement and Ever-Changing Plans at Local Stations to Cover the Big One NEW YORK -- In April, a group of scientists and engineers, working with the U.S. Geological Survey USGS, released an official forecast of California earthquake probability,...
New Contract Extends USG's Commitment to Purchase BioThrax Through 3Q 2011 and is a Follow-on to the Existing 2007, $448 Million Contract ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE:EBS) announced today that it has signed a new, multi-year, firm fixed price contract with the U.S. Department of Health...
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