What Is This Stuff?
Fair warning: There’s going to be one article in the April issue of Stone Business that many fabricators will hate. And, as editor, I don’t mind if you do.
Category: Notes From A Busy Editor
Counter Clicks
Radon popped up again on the online radar this week, with a small-but-constant blip when Web surfers looked for granite-countertop topics.
Granite DIY, Ay-Yi-Yi….
From the day I saw a slab of Baltic Brown sitting at the entrance to the local Home Depot, I knew it would come to this: Granite countertops as a weekend project.
Undertaker Blues
In a down economy, it’s easy to pick on journalists for being too negative. I’ve done it myself recently, and I’m one of ‘em.
Travails of Wells Fargo
A few months ago, I made a comment in my monthly “Spall” column about a credit story that’s, well, rather personal. However, it’s one that might help fabricators understand that business will continue to remain as unusual and uneven.
Your Turn, Mr. President
SOMEWHERE OVER NEW MEXICO – On Tuesday, like tens of millions of others, I watched on television as Barack Obama took the presidential oath of office.
The R-Word, Again
Is there anything that could get worse for a stone-countertop fabricator, now that the economy is still heading downward and one large multi-state competitor – Rock Tops Inc. – closed its doors and left hundreds of people on the hook?
Well, according to the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), it’s time for hats and horns again to celebrate January as National Radon Action Month.
A Workless Advance
As if stone shops didn’t have enough to worry about with radon, now there’s the Case of the Disappearing Shop.
Holiday Cheer, 2008-style
BEDFORD FALLS, Ill. (Dec. 27)– A preeminent banker sits tonight in a small-town jail cell, accused of a myriad of state and federal crimes after a furtive attempt to take over a rival financial institution.
A Tax Break to Consider
OK – here’s the warning. While we're going through an economic wringer and worrying about meeting the next payroll, I’m going to talk about spending money.