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
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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
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
Buid a new home even in the crisis
The financial crisis supposedly affecting us all at the moment doesn't seem to be having much impact on home builders from everything I've been ... , and constructions of new homes is still happening. Having said that I think home construction companies ... them out when they wanted to buy their dream home. You can read more about these sorts [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 19:17:52
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
When the Truth Finally Hits Home
I am finally stressed out about the economy.I found myself awake at 1: ... . The construction companies are slowing down, nobody is building houses or remodeling like they were two years ... the day away. I could search for cheap do-it-yourself projects and put on my tool belt.What I can't [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 23:40:00
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
Basement Waterproofing: An Important Investment
by Cooper Waldstein If your area of the country experiences any significant amount of rainfall every year, ... ways to stop flood and water damage in a home. Depending on your budget, waterproofing companies ... construction, newer homes can experience flooding and water damage, too. Regardless of whether [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 08:01:50
Our "Third Senator" Indicted by Grand Jury
The most senior (and it's said most powerful) Republican in the U.S ... and materials he received from a construction company. Veco Corp. actually lifted Stevens' house ... grill. If you have had any remodeling done lately, you know that's a pretty sweet deal. Normally [more...]
Date: 2008-07-29 23:37:05
Building Energy Efficient Homes
I wanted to do an interview with a builder of energy efficient homes to give you a view from a different perspective. I chose a local builder/developer with almost 40 years of experience. I interviewed Tom White who works for Indian River Land Company and Moore Grant Construction of Millsboro, Delaware [more...]
Date: 2008-08-08 21:50:11
CONTRACTOR PAID BRIBES TO DO STREET UTILITY LINE WORK FOR CON EDISON…was it Felix Industries?
from the NEW YORK TIMES:January 15, 200911 Con Ed Supervisors Arrested on Kickbacks By KEN BELSONEleven Con Edison supervisors were arrested Wednesday on charges that they demanded more than $1 million in kickbacks from a construction company on several jobs, including work in and around ground zero and in the cleanup that followed [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 03:22:52
Satyam Is Approached By Potential Suitors: Board Member
Satyam Computer Services Ltd has been approached by potential buyers, a member of its new board said on Tuesday, ... of cash on the books did not exist. Engineering and construction company Larsen & Toubro, which ... ," said K.K. Mital, head of portfolio management services [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 15:56:46
CHELSEA ELECTRICIANS - Obama's infrastructure plans to benefit Indian cos - Economic Times
Obama's infrastructure plans to benefit Indian cosEconomic Times, India - 2 hours agoProject exporters, consisting of civil construction companies, ... Opportunities Exist for Composites in the European ...MarketWatch (press release) - 43 minutes agoFor example ... to home, make sheds for fire victimsMSNBC - 3 hours agoCHICO -- Chico State University [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 14:55:00
HCC to invest Rs 41,500 crore in Gujarat luxury township
Ajit Gulbchand’s Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) ... cash generating route.The actual construction work will start after various regulatory approvals [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 07:28:20
Assembly subpoenas Yankees over stadium
More Pay to Play or huge donations to campaign accounts, or large lucrative contracts for the buddies in construction companies? Boy all we have to do is follow the money in anything, everything [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 14:23:28
Hollywood's Madrone Project Hits The Skids
Click the image above to view the full photogallery ... ," Mark T. Ebner, principal at construction company Arbor Building Group, which had been working on the Madrone, told us this morning. Since about November, construction on the project, which is being [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 19:15:12
Iraq responds to Russian oil courting
Plus: *Iraq reiterates Syria gas line plans *Ministry to discuss round 1 oil and gas bidding in Istanbul *Iraq election tactics: “iffy, ... t name the pipeline company negotiating the construction. He also said the two talked of repairing [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 20:13:48
Hiranandani Palace Gardens - Ahmedabad - Hirco Group launches new integrated township project in Gujarat
"Should i en-cash my investment in Kharadi?" "Mr. Kumar, this is for you! ... like Tata Motors' Nano,Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) of Lavas but individual "real estate investors ... consists of mixed-use commercial and residential space [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 09:48:00
Orange County Jury Delivers Defense Verdict in Mold Case - MarketWatch
Orange County Jury Delivers Defense Verdict in Mold Case MarketWatch - 16 minutes ago H. Webb Blessley a former Vice President of McDonalds Corporation, Real Estate, Construction & Architecture - Worldwide, alleged the remediation company … Related EntriesTriple Net Properties [more...]
Date: 2008-11-03 19:42:48
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
Buffett Buys More Burlington Northern
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Corp (NYSE: BRK-A) disclosed today that it had increased his Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. (NYSE: BNI) ... . The company also offers transportation services for industrial products, including construction ... ; building products comprising lumber, plywood, oriented strand board, particleboard, paper products [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 00:19:01
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
‘Contrived Default’
from sddt.com Barratt American, the Carlsbad-based homebuilding firm, and three affiliates, ... he plans to keep operating and develop what he can until the company gets back on its feet. “ ... our company with a view to re-commencing new home construction in 2010. We do not foresee any recovery [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 06:04:42
Enerkem Commercial-Scale Biomass and Waste to Biofuels and Biochemicals Plant Entering Start-up Phase
Enerkem Inc., the developer of a thermochemical (gasification and catalytic synthesis) process to produce synthetic fuels from biomass and waste ( ... to produce 360 liters (95 gallons) of ethanol. Construction on the plant began in October ... and the Company’s management. In June 2008, the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, signed a 25-year [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 08:34:17
Madrid Re-Thinks Their Urban Spaces
The latest project from Spanish design company Luzinterruptus, ... years ago, the emergency exit of a theater under construction, the interior of a small concrete container, a bus stop in a commercial street at night, a condom machine after it has been looted [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 15:35:22
RGLC - Running Up Briskly
Regal Life Concepts, Inc. engages in the marketing and distribution of bamboo flooring in North America. These products are used principally in new residential construction, as well as in home improvement, remodeling, and repair work. The company, formerly known as Regal Rock, Inc., was founded [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 14:50:06
ABB Poised to Benefit From Global Bailout Plans
Although ABB Ltd. (ADR: ABB) has been around for 120 years, it’s one of those rare companies that’s kept current with the times ... into such infrastructure-related areas as highway, construction and power-generation. [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 13:36:21
Skyrocketing Interest in Careers in Social Entrepreneurship and Start-ups Evidenced by MIT Sloan School “Tech Trek”
We are currently witnessing a shift in the job market away from the more traditional MBA path, ... at MIT’s Sloan School of Management embark on a “Tech Trek,” visiting companies of interest in San ... The students visited us in our San Francisco office, which was under construction at the time [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 12:39:17
DS3 Speed Challenged By EoC
Once a company has outgrown its T1 lines, the standard upgrade has been to move to DS3 for more bandwidth ... construction costs unless your building is already lit for fiber optic services. But now a new service ... the wires running to your building from the local phone company. Only the wires are leased [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 06:36:00
Global Bailout Plans: Scoring Profits in ABB Ltd. (ADR: ABB)
Although ABB Ltd. (ADR: ABB) has been around for 120 years, it’s one of those rare companies that’s kept current with the times ... will be directing into such infrastructure-related areas as highway, construction and power-generation [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 16:11:55
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
How the system works (by Russell Roberts)
Rod Blagojevich will probably go to jail for trying to sell a Senate seat and various other shenanigans ... , Calif., company that in 2004 was awarded two consulting contracts worth about $1.4 million to advise ... the developer, Robert J. Congel, to use tax-exempt bonds to help finance the construction of the Destiny [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 03:10:12
The UK nuclear ‘renaissance’: be afraid
When French state-owned energy company EDF bought British Energy last year, it announced plans to build four new nuclear power stations in the UK ... reactor designs that aim to shorten construction times. EDF has since refuted the story saying: EDF is proposing to use the same construction method for EPRs in the UK as it is using at Flamanville [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 14:33:37
Earnings outlook scary across industrial sector
Reuters reports on earnings expectations from big industrial companies, Caterpillar included ... arch-rival Komatsu plans to expand its production in China: Komatsu, the world’s No. 2 maker of earth ... to the country’s construction boom. Let’s not forget: Cat announced two new plants in the United States [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 18:07:53
Cole-gate: Colemans' rennovations overlap with payments to Laurie's company, DC house buy
Norm Coleman was undertaking an expensive home renovation project when his friend and benefactor Nasser Kazeminy allegedly ordered a cash transfer ... records of the remodeling project. Original projections in 2006 estimated a cost of $328,000, but four months later, the construction cost was estimated at $414,000, over-budget by $86,000. During [more...]
Date: 2008-12-12 23:16:33
DragonBoard US Announces an Exclusive Distribution Agreement with InterGlobal Forest
NEWARK, N.J., Jan. 19, 2009 — DragonBoard US today announces an exclusive distribution agreement with InterGlobal Forest (IGF) ... construction panel that is mold, fungus, insect, fire and water resistant, with high impact-resistance ... in plywood and other wood products, advancing our growth to a multi-million dollar company. We chose [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 10:00:08
Modulex: Legos for grown-ups
Date: 2008-10-15 20:23:08
Influence peddling
The NYT reported today:The New York Times Company said Monday it had reached an agreement with the Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helú for a $250 ... and has major investments in retailing, construction, banking, insurance, railroads and mining [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 06:47:00
Progress Energy Florida Contracts for Two New AP1000 Reactors; Will Retire Two Coal-Fired Units
Progress Energy Florida (PEF) has contracted with Westinghouse Electric Company LLC and The Shaw Group Inc ... (COLA). Current plans would be for the units to be operational in the 2016 to 2018 time frame ... about 5,100 acres in southern Levy County for the potential construction of two nuclear reactors [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 22:15:33
The Art of Paper Insulation
The “Company Profile” is an Earth911.com series highlighting consumer goods and services making a difference through product stewardship and ... the most environmentally friendly options for their construction [more...]
Date: 2008-09-08 07:03:04
New RV company buys former Coachmen facility
www.southbendtribune.com MIDDLEBURY, IN –– Doug Lantz, Kenny Mahaffa, Kevin Slater, ... and water and mildew resistant. “It’s replacing wood in the construction process to give us lighter [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 21:04:43
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