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Ritchie Bros. president sees turnaround for...
Posted by Tom Jackson on Feb 21, 2013
Ritchie Bros. President Rob Mackay discusses the construction industry at the auction company's big event in Kissimmee, Florida. The Ritchie ...
Economists forecast housing-fueled construction job...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on Feb 20, 2013
Goldman Sachs economists recently forecasted a housing recovery-fueled increase to the pace of added jobs each month to between 25,000 ...
Following four-year high, U.S. housing starts drop 8.5%...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on Feb 20, 2013
After surging to a four-year high in December, much of the momentum in housing starts was lost in January though ...
Komatsu forecasts rebound of demand in China
Posted by Wayne Grayson on Feb 18, 2013
Despite having seen sales in China fall for seven consecutive quarters, Komatsu President Kunio Noji told Bloomberg the company expects ...
Caterpillar CEO: Growth, immigration and tax code...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on Feb 14, 2013
Cat CEO Doug Olberhelman After receiving a mention during President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, Caterpillar's CEO Doug ...
John Deere reports record first quarter income of $650...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on Feb 13, 2013
John Deere released its first quarter earnings report this morning, announcing a record $650 million in income as of January ...
Dealers surveyed by GE Capital expect construction...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on Feb 11, 2013
An encouraging 75 percent of construction equipment dealers surveyed by GE Captial Equipment Finance said they expect retail sales of ...
Little change in Volvo Construction Equipment net sales...
Posted by Amanda Bayhi on Feb 06, 2013
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has released its fourth quarter and yearÂ-end results, which report net sales for 2012 remained ...
Construction spending up 7.8 percent annually in...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on Feb 01, 2013
Construction spending increased by 7.8 percent in the year between December 2011 and December 2012, to a three-year high of ...
Economist forecasts construction to add 140k jobs in...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on Jan 29, 2013
Piggybacking off of news earlier this month that the construction industry added 30,000 jobs in December, a report from the ...
Caterpillar reports record sales, revenues, profits for...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on Jan 28, 2013
Despite continued economic uncertainty and a bad fourth quarter due to a $580 million charge taken after uncovering an accounting ...
How construction companies can leverage social media
Posted by Wayne Grayson on Jan 24, 2013
A new article from Construction Executive provides a great crash course in social media use for those in construction. The article ...





