The construction industry was up 21, 000 jobs in January, likely due to two months of unseasonably mild winter weather. The Associated General Contractors of America released data attributing the higher temperatures to the two-year high in ...
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the seasonally adjusted (SA) Producer Price Index (PPI) for materials and components used in construction was unchanged in January after rising 0.1% in December. The index was up 3.1% on a ...
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U. S. Timber and lumber sales have taken a major hit as a result of the housing bubble collapse and the economic recession that began in 2008, says James Henderson, and while there has been a glimmer of improvement in the market — ...
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In 2011, faced with the complicated and volatile domestic and international economic environment, under the firm leadership of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, the people of all nationalities of China, taking Deng Xiaoping ...
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CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT WILL GO UP -- very slightly -- in 2012, contractors predicted in a survey released Monday by the Associated General Contractors of America. Modest improvements in hiring in 2011 and equally modest forecasts for 2012 ...
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German business confidence jumped more than economists forecast in January to a five-month high, signaling Europe’s largest economy may avoid a recession. The Ifo institute’s business climate index, based on a survey of 7, 000 ...
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Euro-area producer-price inflation slowed for a third month in December, adding to signs of easing cost pressure across the region as growth weakens. Factory-gate prices in the 17-nation euro region rose 4.3 percent from a year earlier ...
Here’s a message from people who sell injection molding machines: The joy is back. Sales have increased for two years in a row, after a steady 10-year decline. That should continue in 2012. The U. S. Injection press market is nearing ...
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The Ohio Tax Credit Authority has awarded Milacron LLC a state tax credit for the plastics machinery maker’s recent $1.5 million capital equipment investment expansion at its machining plant in Mount Orab, Ohio. Milacron is buying ...
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Extruders make everything from medical tubing and film and sheet for packaging — Strong markets— To vinyl windows and siding — These days, not so hot. The diversity sums up the North American extruder market in 2011. The ...
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Illinois is trying to persuade Caterpillar Inc. (CAT), the world’s largest construction and mining- equipment maker, that its home state is the best location to build a factory that will employ more than 1, 000 people. “We have ...
In view of poor economic growth and increasing unemployment, the softwood division of the Timber Trade Federation forecasts that softwood lumber consumption in the UK in 2011 will fall by 4% against last year to 7.82m m³. This is ...
Renewable energy is generating a lot of political heat. The bankruptcy of solar-panel manufacturer Solyndra, after a half billion dollar loan from the Federal government, has set off a hot debate on Capitol Hill. And a group of ...
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Renewable energy is generating a lot of political heat. The bankruptcy of solar-panel manufacturer Solyndra, after a half billion dollar loan from the Federal government, has set off a hot debate on Capitol Hill. And a group of ...
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GOVERNMENT help for solar power was supposed to be a triple play: jobs at a time of dire short-term need; incubation of an American industry sure to be important on a global scale in the next few years; and a long-term reduction in ...
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