| Mekar opens Middle East office
The brand has been installed in iconic projects in Dubai including Burj Dubai, Burj Al Arab, Dubai Mall amongst several others. Mr. Giuseppe Boaro, President of Mekar, Italy made this announcement on the occasion of the Big 5 Show, where the company is displaying its wide range of air conditioning equipment. Boaro said, 'This move is essential due to the growing demand for Mekar airside equipments and its increasing popularity for iconic projects. We are setting up our own central warehousing and distribution facility in the UAE to meet our clients' mounting requirements and at the same time provide efficient support to our distributors in the region Royal Gulf. Mekar has plans to increase its market penetration in Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait through this office.' Mekar's AHUs and FCUs have been installed in more than 150 prestigious projects in the UAE including iconic projects 'The Burj Tower' slated to be the tallest tower in the world and the Burj Al Arab Hotel - the only seven star Hotel in the world.
Halt to school furniture money upsets D.M. parents, teachers
We're down to a very basic, bare-bones school being built. We were thinking, 'OK, there's the furniture allotment, we'll still have that.' " He said the school now won't be nearly as nice as others that have already been completed.
Good said officials are "scraping to find money" for repair and maintenance across the district, which he points out has a "glut" of furniture in a warehouse and 67 semitrailer trucks. Some of the furnishings are from closed schools and some are donated.
Good said some elementary schools similar in size to Woodlawn had received money for furnishings: Greenwood, 316 37th St., $149,000; Perkins, 4301 College Ave., $110,000; and Windsor, 5912 University Ave., $111,000. Jaynette Rittman, principal at the newly renovated Garton Elementary School, was uncertain how much her school received for furnishings, but said student tables and chairs; teacher desks and chairs; bookshelves; filing cabinets; and cafeteria tables were bought.
Copper Crooks Cost Businesses Billions
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Copper thieves struck several downtown businesses Tuesday night in Orlando. Police said one problem catching the thieves is that the stolen metal is untraceable, making it hard to accuse people who are trying to recycle it. In 2005, copper was worth about $1 per pound. Today it is worth around $3 per pound. The increase in value has caused hundreds of Central Florida homes and businesses to be stripped for copper wiring. .
Mass. foreclosures rise 128% in January
Nearly 800 foreclosures were recorded in January, the highest number of Bay State homes lost during a single month since August 2007, the Warren Group said today. The Warren Group of Boston is a provider of local real estate data and the publisher of Banker & Tradesman. There were 799 foreclosure deeds in January, up 128.3 percent from the 350 deeds in January 2007, the firm said, and January 2008 also marks the highest number of deeds during any month since August 2007, when there were 1,018. Auction announcements in January reached their highest number since the Warren Group began tracking them in 2005, the firm said, and there were 1,792 announcements in January 2008, up 77.8 percent from the 1,008 in January 2007. Petitions to foreclose, the first step in the foreclosure process, also increased in December, signaling that Massachusetts problems with foreclosures are far from over, the Warren Group said.
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