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Berkshire Hills Announces Strategy Update Presentation Berkshire's Exciting Strategic Transformation (BEST) Targets Improvements in Profitability, Customer Experience and Community Impact News provided by Share this article Share this article BOSTON, May 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: BHLB), the parent company of Berkshire Bank, will announce Berkshire's Exciting Strategic Transformation (BEST) on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. During a virtual presentation, management will discuss BEST in further detail and provide guidance on its expected fi...

“The Biden administration is not anywhere near as friendly with the oil and gas sector” as the Trump administration, he told Fox Business, noting that “motorists are going to be feeling the consequences of such a policy.” Mr. Biden has embraced the progressive “Green New Deal,” temporarily suspending oil and gas permits on federal lands and waters and canceling the Keystone XL oil pipeline project. His $2.3 trillion infrastructure proposal is aimed at ending the fossil fuel industry altogether, which will lead to even higher prices at the pump. Sticker costs on common grocery stor...

Bloomberg's Romaine Bostick takes a look at record prices for lumber and its impact on U.S. housing market. As the pandemic crushed the US economy last spring, sawmills shut down lumber production to brace for a housing slump. The slump never arrived and now there isn't enough lumber to feed the red-hot housing market. The shortage is delaying construction of badly needed new homes, complicating renovations of existing ones and causing sticker shock for buyers in what was already a scorching market. Random-length lumber futures hit a record high of $1,615 on Tuesday, a staggering sevenfold ga...

Operator Welcome to Hayward earnings -- Holdings first-quarter 2021 earnings call. My name is Alicia and I'll be your operator for today's call. [Operator instructions] Later, we will conduct a question-and-answer session. [Operator instructions] Please note that this conference is being recorded. I would now turn the call over to Stuart Baker, vice president, global strategic planning and business development. Mr. Baker, you may begin.  Stuart Baker -- Vice President, Global Strategic Planning and Business Development Thank you and good morning, everyone. We issued our earnings press relea...

As the pandemic crushed the US economy last spring, sawmills shut down lumber production to brace for a housing slump. The slump never arrived and now there isn't enough lumber to feed the red-hot housing market.