IRS Tips for the Construction Business

As a sole proprietor, the IRS offers recommendations for preparing to fill out your tax return ... of www.irs.gov. The information in this article is based on the construction industry and it is provided ... a construction business there are 24 different codes you can chose from that cover construction [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 20:13:26

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Earn A Living in Bathroom Remodeling

For over a dozen years, my career was in the new-home construction business ... -modeling business who happened to need some help on an upcoming Bathroom Remodeling job he was starting [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 15:21:21

SOA Governance

As we all know SOA is about business and SOA is about technology. A business oriented SOA ( ... , construction and deployment of software in the IT-realm. These requirements significantly broaden ... (modular standards based composition of functional autonomous software components) to support [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 14:25:00

Louisiana Custom Homes by Schumacher

The construction business has come to one heck of a major slow down, both commercial and home construction are experiencing extremely hard times, ... to you at home. At the website of The Schumacher Custom Built Homes Company they always seem to provide me with interesting ideas and concepts with their unique floor plans and model homes to view and [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 19:56:04

Impervious

It’s seven o’clock on Wednesday night and I’m walking down down Central Park West. I’m scheduled to interview a guy at 7:30 for my new book. Since my bus made it in from Jersey quicker than I expected, I have half an hour to kill. I decide to use my time constructively and pass out my business card to the doormen and livery drivers shivering [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 01:48:16

Rumormongering UPDATE: Hibernia Bank Actually Sold

After undergoing a massive price chop over the course of a single month ($9.9 million to $4 million!) ... the building back in August as a possible home for a very ambitions plan— too much so, obviously— ... estate construction business" is the unnamed buyer, and plans to renovate the building and make [more...]

Date: 2008-09-10 21:34:50

PBS&J Acquires Peter R. Brown

Orlando Business Journal reported that Peter R. Brown Construction, one of Tampa Bay area’s largest private general contractors, ... architecture, engineering, and construction services as well as program management consulting, is among ... Florida.Peter R. Brown Construction was ranked as one of the fastest growing companies by Tampa Bay Business [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 17:25:55

Hurricane Ike: One month later

A month ago, we were just starting to see the damage left behind by Hurricane Ike ... of the cars have logos on the sides advertising insurance, mold remediation and construction companies ... . The city is busy removing debris which continues to pile up along almost every residential street [more...]

Date: 2008-10-14 04:13:46

Wisconsin Economic Forecast Luncheon

Yesterday I attended the Wisconsin Economic Forecast Luncheon. I was invited by a financial institution that I work with, who had a table reserved ... all types of business across Wisconsin. There were lawyers, bankers, construction company owners ... been a slave to the teachers unions. Doyle plans on helping the state by trying his best to get in line [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 13:03:03

Translating Fed Speak

Yesterday the Fed released the minutes of their latest meeting. These provide an excellent overview of the US economy ... manufacturing, construction, retail, financial activities, and business services. Indicators of hiring plans [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 15:30:00

Translating Fed Speak

Yesterday the Fed released the minutes of their latest meeting. These provide an excellent overview of the US economy ... manufacturing, construction, retail, financial activities, and business services. Indicators of hiring plans [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 15:30:00

Banks Lowering the Boom on Small Builders

The New York Times reports tonight on how banks are clamping down on credit to small homebuilders, with the result that many will go out of business ... is, we’re seeing conditions in home construction and home finance that are the worst since the Depression,” said Steve Fritts, associate director of risk management policy at the Federal Deposit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 04:51:26

Fifth Week: Overcome Your Worry by Overcoming Your Fear of Failure

I don't know about you, but no one ever taught me how to fail successfully. There was no course in college called, "Failure 101" ... , academics, medicine, law, construction, or business---we all have to face some losses [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 17:02:00

Live LexBlog blogs for the week of 1/5-1/9

Live LexBlog blogs for the week of 1/5-1/9 Everyone's back to work and finding their groove now that we've experienced our first full business ... Tannenbaum publish the Florida Community Association Construction Law Blog, where they provide insight on maintenance and repair contracts, transition claims and other relevant topics. The New York Injury [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 01:17:31

I’m a thousand miles away from home just waitin’ for a train

I had lunch with a dear friend and business associate last week ... .   The original construction in 1955 was substandard on that property and the three properties next ... in 1958 and the construction on the rest of the subdivision is superior to those four houses [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 17:10:47

The Best Looking Building

by David I think we all know that today’s economy is a big mess! Individuals and businesses alike are doing their best to survive ... in construction as it is generally cheaper than most other means of building construction. Also ... ? By expanding into another building. I’m not talking about renting out someone else’s space. Rather [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 01:13:58

FOX Business Pundit's Prescription For Housing Ills: Turn Construction Companies Into Destruction Companies

Guest blogged by Dan In the 1930's, in an effort to increase prices, ... , so there is another possibility. Instead of continuing these absurdities, The Wall Street Journal’s Holman Jenkins and Forbes Magazine guest columnist Susan Lee, an economist, have both advocated [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 05:22:41

Sage Offers Tips for Heating Up Business in a Cold Economy at the International Builders’ Show in Las Vegas (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

Choosing the right construction business software can improve a company's chances for long-term success, so Sage is offering help with that process as well as tips for streamlining business processes [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 19:13:00

JMD group forays into hotel business

NEW DELHI: There is sudden activity in the hospitality and real estate businesses, despite the slowdown in this space ... under construction across the country. It will benefit from the five-year tax break announced [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 07:32:18

Teaching with a beat in Torrance

Teaching with a beat in... by Daily Breeze Today 12:04 PM 266 292 Services South Bay Services: Handyman, Plumbers, House Cleaning, Electricians, Moving, Labor, Construction, Legal, Professional, etc. Are there any Small Business [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 19:04:54

Pacific Elementary's grass-roots efforts net state honor

Pacific Elementary's... by Daily Breeze Today 06:44 AM 265 291 Services South Bay Services: Handyman, Plumbers, House Cleaning, Electricians, Moving, Labor, Construction, Legal, Professional, etc. Are there any Small Business [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 13:44:26

Avasant releases Global Trends 2009 - Imperatives for Globalization

/India PRwire/ - Year 2008 was an unprecedented year in the recent business history ... sector, with other sectors including construction, energy and retail also facing serious challenges [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 06:21:54

The Essentials of E-commerce

You may have been proficient at getting customers to buy products from your store in town, but online business is an entirely different game ... than paying the architecture and construction company to build the facility for a traditional ... software tend to look very similar to one another. Commercial solutions are generally easier [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 02:08:57

Last Days

Several businesses on Broadway are vacating their spaces tonight to make way for construction of the light-rail station ... buildings—the ones that wouldn’t qualify as historic landmarks but have the sort of character ... . As psyched as I am for real mass transit in Seattle, I’m really sad these gorgeous old buildings [more...]

Date: 2008-07-14 05:04:27

The Meles family's absolute corruption in Ethiopia

The Meles family's absolute corruption in Ethiopia January 19th, 2009 | 3 Comments (ION) - Now that the EPRDF [ ... interest in the world of business and sometimes has been highly interventionist in defending the commercial ... Construction whose executives Samuel Tadesse and Fetlework Elala are close to her. Moreover, Azeb Mesfin [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 03:52:52

AIB ... Allied Irish Banks plc

I'm in this one on the huge fall that took place on 1-20-09. Ru also think this is an excellent play and should bounce nicely. The 52 week high is 47 ... Anglo, a small-business lender especially exposed to the collapse of Ireland's construction-driven [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 05:20:47

December 15-16, 2008 FOMC Minutes

The Fed seems a bit concerned about the horse now that its out of the barn . . ... weakened again as construction activity, new home sales, and home prices declined further. In the business sector, investment in equipment and software appeared to continue to contract. Industrial [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 19:36:59

Under Construction!

As I mentioned yesterday, DialogDog is still off this week and is busy cooking dinner for me every night while remodeling half our basement ... disease from the black mold I'm convinced is lurking under the yucky carpeting, which he is pulling [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 00:42:00

Wren’s Nest Conservation Project — Repairing the Porch

You’ll be happy to know that Blalock Construction Co, our contractor, started exterior and foundation work on the Wren’s Nest around Thanksgiving.  Workers have been busy banging on the house ever since. We’ll be spending about $107,000 ... Porch Rail Repair Our carpenter took off the rail and replaced the rotted pieces in-kind too. Many [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 18:32:26

Developers Want Measures In Budget To Boost Market

Source : The Business Times, January 20, 2009ASME hopes for rebates, ... on all residential, commercial and industrial projects, including those under construction ... rent cut on commercial properties of JTC and HDBProperty players have suggested many measures [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 14:23:00

Satyam's Diversification, A Bridge To Nowhere (SAY)

Satyam Computer Services Ltd. (NYSE: SAY) ... from its core business of software and IT-outsourcing services. The purchase price is roughly $1.6 ... . Could you imagine IBM buying a construction company? Could you imagine an infrastructure company [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 16:42:52

Three Things Every Contractor Should Know Before Signing That Construction Contract for Building Remediation

by G. Trippe Hawthorne and Mark D. Mese In a perfect world, Contractors would only do business with owners, designers, subcontractors, ... , if you are doing remediation, are you going to be paid by the property owner, the building tenant ... you are working? Are those asbestos tiles? Is that mold in the corner? The last thing you need [more...]

Date: 2008-10-13 13:20:04

Business Manager (Qatar)

Your responsibilities: You will create and develop the market in Qatar ... support to projects during the design and construction phases. You will ensure that new contracts [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 13:41:05

Lowdown on Gates Foundation Campus

I just got back from today's chamber meeting, where a group of 70 local business leaders and residents learned all about the new headquarters for ... amounting to 700,000 sq. ft., enough room for 1200-1400 staff Construction of the first phase is scheduled to finish in late 2010, with the second phase, a third office building, breaking ground shortly [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 23:36:27

Bank of Clark County seized, given to FDIC

Lots of government people in suits showed up after the Bank of Clark County closed for business this evening. It’s not good ... employees, based at two branches, will continue to work for Umpqua Bank, which still plans to open ... that the Bank of Clark County had lost money on construction and development loans, but not how bad [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 06:13:55

Jan. 20 Town Council Notes

Jan. 20 Town Council Notes Posted Today at 12:04 AM Brisk and business-like describes Town Council's meeting on Jan. 20th ...  to speak in opposition to this CUP, pointing to incomplete yet continuous construction projects [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 07:00:36

NEW YORK CITY CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL APPOINTS NEW PRESIDENT - Jack Ahern, the business manager of Operating Engineers local 30

from CRAIN’S NEW YORK BUSINESS:Jack Ahern: Organizing his worldNYC Central Labor Council head will work to protect jobs, ... has successfully negotiated hundreds of contracts for the 4,000-member Queens-based local, including ... officials together last year following several high-profile construction accidents.“He knows people [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 23:32:41

It’s Time To Construct A New Well

During an event at the Center for American Progress last week, ... Free Choice Act, because it could “poison the well” between business and labor: I think the flashpoint might be the card check thing…Going for things like the Employee Free Choice Act could poison [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 15:09:09

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