Tag: Discovery Channel's Dirty Jobs.

Roadbuilding

Dirty Jobs’ Rowe creates documentary focusing on importance of trade jobs

Although Mike Rowe, creator and host of the Discovery Channel’s Dirty Jobs, has been testifying before Congress the week of May 8 on issues related to bringing strength back to American manufacturing and asking Congress to focus on creating jobs rebuilding America’s crumbling infrastructure, he still managed to create a video intro for the May […]

May 12, 2011

Construction Equipment

Cat signs Mike Rowe, “Dirty Jobs” star

Caterpillar says its partnering with Mike Rowe, creator and star of Discovery Channel’s Dirty Jobs. Rowe will spend time with Caterpillar customers and dealers, encounters that will be featured on cat.com, with the goal of demonstrating “the solutions that Cat dealers provide their customers throughout the lifecycle of their equipment,” explains the release announcing the […]

July 26, 2010

Roadbuilding

June 2010 PPI shows slight declines in prices of finished goods

The price of finished goods declined 0.6 percent since May 2010 and increased 2.8 percent since June 2009, according to the latest Producer Price Index from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Capital equipment dropped a slight 0.2 percent since May and increased 0.3 percent over the year. Number 2 diesel fuel prices fell 5.9 percent […]

July 26, 2010

Roadbuilding

Cat signs Mike Rowe, “Dirty Jobs” star

Caterpillar says its partnering with Mike Rowe, creator and star of Discovery Channel’s Dirty Jobs. Rowe will spend time with Caterpillar customers and dealers, encounters that will be featured on cat.com, with the goal of demonstrating “the solutions that Cat dealers provide their customers throughout the lifecycle of their equipment,” explains the release announcing the […]

July 26, 2010