Taiga sales, profits slide in Q2

Taiga Building Products reported Q2 sales of $646.1-million, down from $786.7-million a year earlier. The decline of $140.6-million or 18 percent was attributed largely to lower selling prices for commodity products. Net earnings fell to $20.8-million from $58.5-million. For the first half of the year, earnings came to $60.3-million, down from $87.6-million.