| Watsco, Incorporated Earnings Conference Call (Q4 2007)
Watsco, Inc., along with its subsidiaries, distributes air conditioning, heating, refrigeration equipment, and related parts and supplies in the United States. Its products primarily comprise residential central air conditioners; light commercial air conditioners; gas, electric, and oil furnaces; commercial air conditioning and heating equipment and systems; and other specialized equipment. The company also offers various parts, including replacement compressors, evaporator coils, motors, and other component parts; and supplies consisting of thermostats, insulation material, refrigerants, ductwork, grills, registers, sheet metal, tools, copper tubing, concrete pads, tape, adhesives, and other ancillary supplies. Watsco operates through approximately 380 locations in 32 states. It distributes its products to contractors and dealers who service the replacement and new construction markets.
The incredible, edible ice cube?
When Kyle Burkhalter gets up in the morning, he goes into the kitchen and fixes himself a nice cup of ice. The 24-year-old director of research for a Web site chews the ice in the car on his way to work in Atlanta. He downs two or three more cups before lunch. He orders ice from drive-thru windows and dips into the office ice machine. Sometimes, his tongue gets so numb he can barely talk to clients. Still, he munches on. "It's something that you want to do and you think about doing on a constant basis," he says. Ice isn't just for chilling drinks anymore, or for packing fish and treating sprains. It's a hot snack. Some Sonic Drive-In franchises sell it in cups and in bags to go. Ice-machine makers are competing to make the best chewable ice, with names like Chewblet, Nugget Ice and Pearl Ice.
ALLHIPHOP NEWS RUN DOWN
He actually said that he wanted to “post" it, but I really understand what he was saying. Anyway, he is going to Australia for something. I wonder what his passport looks like.
BIGGIE MOVIE UPDATE
I heard Jamie Hector is going to be cast in the new Biggie Movie. All of you that watch “The Wire" know that Jamie plays the cold blooded Marlo from the show. Man, that dude is ruthless on that show. I'm hearing that Jamie will be playing Biggie's best friend, D-Roc. We'll see how this develops.
HELP PUN'S KIDS!
I don't know the full status of Pun's kids and family, but I heard an interesting bit of info.
State Museum receives $500K gift from PSEG Foundation
A $500,000 gift from the PSEG Foundation will fund a new exhibit on global warming at the State Museum in Trenton, state officials said today. Gov. Jon Corzine, Secretary of State Nina Mitchell Wells and PSEG President Ralph Izzo made the announcement at the museum, which remains closed for a $14.5 million renovation that is more than two years behind schedule. The grant represents the largest gift yet to the $13 million fundraising campaign to purchase and install new exhibitions for the state-owned facility. With its initial payment of $125,000, PSEGs gift pushes total donations to about $400,000. No reopening date was announced at today's event. Wells - who previously promised the museum would open last fall - said only that construction should be finished "in a few months." Parts of the facility will reopen after that, she said.
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