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Financed equipment volume down 6% in February

Financed equipment volume down 6% in February

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Mar 26, 2013

Overall new business volume in heavy equipment financing was down 6 percent annually to $4.7 billion in February, according to ...

Caterpillar opens 24th Chinese factory

Caterpillar opens 24th Chinese factory

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Mar 26, 2013

Again underlining that success in China "is an important part" of the company's long-term strategy, Caterpillar announced that it has ...

Smart, skilled class of contractors necessary to navigate worst recovery in modern history

Smart, skilled class of contractors necessary to...

Posted by Tom Jackson on Mar 26, 2013

In this era of partisan news both sides will spin any facts any way to make their side look better. ...

Caterpillar global dealer sales down 13 percent

Caterpillar global dealer sales down 13 percent

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Mar 22, 2013

According to recent SEC filing, Caterpillar reported that its global dealer sales dropped 13 percent in the three month period ...

Recession-weary Ala. construction firm auctions $26 million in earthmoving equipment

Recession-weary Ala. construction firm auctions $26...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Mar 19, 2013

A Caterpillar D6R sits on a trailer bed of a Racon, Inc. truck. The equipment is part of the ...

All-American-made homes would provide economic boost, but are they feasible?

All-American-made homes would provide economic boost,...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Mar 18, 2013

Is it possible to build a home from 100 percent American materials? That's the question Anders and Jake Lewendal decided to ...

Maryland light rail projects expected to create 7,000 construction jobs

Maryland light rail projects expected to create 7,000...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Mar 18, 2013

Two Baltimore light rail projects are expected to create nearly 7,000 construction jobs in the area and state officials are ...

Construction companies, AGC lobby Congress to spare programs from sequester cuts

Construction companies, AGC lobby Congress to spare...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Mar 14, 2013

With an estimated $4 billion in federal construction projects in jeopardy due to the sequestration cuts that took effect March ...

Sany taps Dallas-Forth Worth’s Landmark Equipment as first Texas excavator dealer

Sany taps Dallas-Forth Worth’s Landmark Equipment...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Mar 14, 2013

Sany has named its first Texas excavator dealer. Landmark Equipment has been selected as the Sany America excavator dealer for ...

Astec Industries taps Benjamin G. Brock to succeed father as CEO

Astec Industries taps Benjamin G. Brock to succeed...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Mar 12, 2013

Astec Industries announced that it will tap Benjamin G. Brock as the company's next CEO and President. Brock is the ...

Contractors, equipment dealers optimistic about construction activity, rental fleet  growth

Contractors, equipment dealers optimistic about...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Mar 11, 2013

The latest round of the Wells Fargo Equipment Finance Construction Optimism Quotient registered at a 106, indicating that contractors and ...

Opinion: Jeb Bush’s immigration solution “elegantly simple”

Opinion: Jeb Bush’s immigration solution...

Posted by Tom Jackson on Mar 11, 2013

Jeb Bush One might have known that the best idea to come forth on immigration in decades is now being ...

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