Industrial Online Auction Company AssetNation, Inc. Formed

Friday, November 21st 2008

AssetNation, Inc. was formed to be the world’s leading industrial online auction provider. AssetNation has created a global marketplace that assembles some of the strongest brands in the online auction community, which include SalvageSale, SalvageSale Ltd (UK) and CapitalAssetSale. The flagship brand, SalvageSale, supports commercial property and casualty insurance companies by dramatically increasing recoveries on damaged commercial and industrial... 

Dot VN, Inc. Signs Danang City Office Lease

Friday, November 21st 2008

Dot VN, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Dot VN” or the “Company”) (http://www.dotVN.com), (Pink Sheets: DTVIs), an Internet and Telecommunications Company and the exclusive online global domain name registrar for the Country of Vietnam, announced that it, through a wholly-owned Vietnamese subsidiary formed under the authority of the People’s Committee of the City of Danang (“Dot VN Danang”), has executed a... 

LaPolla Reports Third Quarter Profit

Friday, November 21st 2008

LaPolla Industries, Inc. (OTC BB:LPAD.OB ) (“LaPolla”), a leading manufacturer and supplier of spray foam insulation and coatings designed to reduce energy consumption in the commercial and residential new construction and retrofit markets, today announced results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2008. “LaPolla continues to grow sales dramatically despite the current economic crisis. Mainstream acceptance... 

Stratus Properties Inc. Receives Letter from NASDAQ Regarding its Third-Quarter 2008 Form 10-Q Filing

Friday, November 21st 2008

Stratus Properties Inc. (NASDAQ: STRS) announced that on November 18, 2008, Stratus received a letter, as anticipated, from The NASDAQ Stock Market advising that Stratus is currently not in compliance with the continued listing requirements set forth in NASDAQ Marketplace Rule 4310(c)(14) because Stratus did not timely file its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2008 (the “Form 10-Q”). The NASDAQ letter advised that... 

Regions Program Helps Keep Residential Mortgage Foreclosures Low

Friday, November 21st 2008

Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE:RF) announced that it has reached out to over 103,000 residential first mortgage and home equity customers in the first year of its program to help customers avoid hardship. As a result, Regions has taken steps including renegotiating the terms of mortgages, keeping families in their homes and allowing the company to maintain a foreclosure rate of less than one percent for residential first mortgages. “We have... 

REALTORS(R), Consumers Winners in Settlement With DOJ

Friday, November 21st 2008

A federal court in Chicago has approved the settlement agreement between the National Association of Realtors® and the U.S. Department of Justice ending antitrust charges against Realtors®. “This is a great day for real estate and for consumers. This compromise is terrific news for the industry and shows that the real estate industry is dynamic, entrepreneurial and fiercely competitive,” said NAR President Charles McMillan, a broker... 

CWCapital Investments Hires Hugh Hall to Develop Mortgage Investment Business

Friday, November 21st 2008

CWCapital Investments (CWCI), a full service, commercial real estate investment management firm, announced that it has hired Hugh Hall as Managing Director. Hall will report to CWCI President Charles Spetka, and will be working to develop new capital sources and investment opportunities for CWCI, including the creation of a third-party, managed fund focused on mortgages and senior debt. Mr. Hall was a founder of Gramercy Capital Corp. and served as... 

Integrity Block Selected as BuildingGreen Top-10 Product for 2008

Friday, November 21st 2008

Integrity Block has been selected as one of BuildingGreen’s 2008 Top-10 Green Building Products by the editors of Environmental Building News and GreenSpec®. This seventh annual award recognizes the most innovative and exciting green building products added to the GreenSpec® Directory during the past year or covered in Environmental Building News. “Our selections of the Top-10 Green Building Products represent a wide range of product... 

T. Rowe Price Introduces Two New Global Strategies

Friday, November 21st 2008

T. Rowe Price (Nasdaq: TROW ) has expanded its global investment opportunities by launching the Global Large-Cap and Global Real Estate strategies. Individual and institutional investors can invest in the strategies through a retail fund and institutional strategy. Additionally, Advisor Class shares are available through financial intermediaries. The Global Large-Cap and Global Real Estate strategies will employ the firm’s demonstrated expertise... 

TGI Solar Establishes Solar Power Italy Srl

Thursday, November 20th 2008

TGI Solar Power Group Inc. (Other OTC:TSPG.PK), a full turnkey supplier of vertically integrated systems for a variety of applications from Solar Parks (solar to grid) to commercial markets, announced today that it established Solar Power Italy Srl to launch a range of solar products and systems for the Italian residential, commercial and solar power plant markets “The leadership position Italy is taking in Europe in promoting the use of renewable...