Trulia.com and Placecast Partner to Increase Relevance of Ads With Audience Targeting and Dynamic Messaging

As advertisers and publishers seek ways to improve performance to compensate for shrinking budgets, new technologies like location-based advertising provide a means of improving relevance and response rates. Today, leading real estate site, Trulia.com, and interactive media company, 1020 Placecast, have announced their partnership, using location information to target specific audiences for advertisers and deliver more relevant messages to them on... 

Tom Hettinger Receives Top Honor at CAS Annual Meeting

EMB, a global property and casualty (P&C) consulting firm, today announced that the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) has honored Tom Hettinger, Managing Director North America, with the Above and Beyond Achievement Award for 2008. Hettinger was recognized for his roles as Chair of this year’s ERM Symposium and leader of the task force to create the 2009 Ratemaking and Product Management Seminar, of which he is now the Chair. Each year, the CAS... 

ProLogis Announces First Photovoltaic Project in Japan

ProLogis the world’s largest owner, manager and developer of distribution facilities, announced today that it will install its first photovoltaic (PV) system in Japan. ProLogis will install a one-megawatt (MW) PV system at ProLogis Parc Zama I, a five-story distribution facility totaling more than 1.2 million square feet (113,000 square meters). The park is located in the city of Zama, a logistics hub in Japan’s Kanagawa Prefecture. The... 

Golf Course Home(R) Network Launches GolfHomeRentals.net

The Golf Course Home® Network officially launched www.GolfHomeRentals.net, a new website dedicated to featuring long-term golf home and vacation home rentals available at Network communities. The new site boosts the Network’s total number of Member Websites to 39. Source: Golf Course Home Network Vacation home rentals at golf and waterview communities such as The Landings on Skidaway Island, GA, often include use of the amenities such as... 

Green Building Could Triple by 2013, Says McGraw-Hill Construction

The U.S. green building market is accelerating at a dramatic rate, says McGraw-Hill Construction’s Green Outlook 2009: Trends Driving Change report, released today at the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in Boston, MA. The value of green building construction starts was up five-fold from 2005 to 2008 (from $10 billion to $36-$49 billion), and could triple by 2013, reaching $96-$140 billion. McGraw-Hill Construction’s Green... 

Owens Corning Increases Recycled Content in PINK Fiberglas(TM) Insulation to 40 Percent

At the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in Boston, Mass., Owens Corning announced it has increased the certified recycled content in its flagship PINK Fiberglas(TM) insulation to a minimum of 40 percent. At this level of recycled content, the amount of waste glass diverted from landfills could form a two-lane glass highway that extends 1.3 times around the world(1). The certification, supplied by leading, independent third-party certifier... 

Saflex(R) Trenton Plant to Focus Exclusively on Resin Production

Solutia Inc. announced that effective March 31, 2009, its Saflex plant in Trenton, Mich., will be focusing solely on the production of Butvar® PVB resin and therefore will be exiting production of Saflex® polyvinyl butyral (PVB) interlayers at that time. Approximately 115 of the 187 employees at the Trenton plant will be impacted by this action. “As the world leader in PVB interlayers, Saflex continues to invest in new technologies, capabilities... 

RedBrick Pizza Signs Development Deal for 31 Cafes in Northwest Florida and Alabama

RedBrick Pizza Worldwide, Inc. has announced it has signed a new Development Agreement with master developer Triple JM, LLC, which grants the company exclusive rights to develop up to 31 RedBrick Cafes in Northwest Florida and southern Alabama. “We are excited to further RedBrick’s reach into the Gulf Coast cities of Northwest Florida and the southern region of Alabama,” RedBrick Pizza Worldwide, Inc. President Jim Minidis said.... 

Insituform Technologies, Inc. Announces North America Region Management Reorganization and $4.2 Million Reduction in Administrative and Overhead Costs

Insituform Technologies, Inc. announced a reorganization of its North America Region business unit management that will eliminate layers of management to reduce administrative and overhead costs. The Company expects to realize approximately $4.2 million in annual cost savings from these efforts. The reorganization plan includes the elimination of 35 management and support staff positions. Approximately half of the positions are located at the Company’s... 

Home Prices Rise in Some Metros, Buyers More Active in Other Areas

Four out of five metropolitan areas recorded lower home prices in the third quarter from a year earlier, while existing-home sales fell in 32 states from the second quarter, according to the latest quarterly survey by the National Association of Realtors®. In the third quarter, 28 out of 152 metropolitan statistical areas(1) showed increases in median existing single-family home prices from the same quarter in 2007; four were unchanged and 120 metros...