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Health care and small businesses

According to this report from the Kaufman Foundation, a national health care plan is crucial to creating an entrepreneurial economy. A lack of portable health care plans, it seems, prevents a lot of people from starting their own business. A skilled and educated workforce, reduced government regulation and incentives for entrepreneurs are also needed. Sounds like the […]

January 10, 2010

Cat, Deere cut employees to deal with recession

After reading through the 2009 Profit Outlook of Caterpillar’s latest financial report (which was released and we blogged about yesterday), I’m more grateful than ever to have a job. It’s pretty rough out there right now. And some of the manufacturers in our industry (like many of us) are being hit hard. Cat Chairman and […]

January 10, 2010

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Cat CEO: “I was ambushed”

A couple weeks ago we linked to a story that told different versions of what the stimulus bill would do for hiring at Caterpillar–President Obama’s version vs. CEO Jim Owen’s version. To make a long story short, the president implied Cat would start rehiring the minute the stimulus bill was passed. Owens, later in the day told […]

January 10, 2010

Union card-check initiative dies…for now

One of the Democrat’s key issues after November’s elections was to pass a law allowing unions to conduct non-secret ballots when organizing workers to form unions. Now it appears they won’t have the votes, much to the relief of the business community. Union organizers wanted the bill to make it easier to create more union […]

January 10, 2010

What the monks would teach you about work

Forbes writer August Turak spent some time with a group of Trappist monks and came away with some very sound advice for businesspeople. A key quote: “Throughout my career I’ve listened as executives bemoaned shortages of talent in the workplace and the difficulty and cost involved in attracting and keeping talent. Talent is not in […]

January 10, 2010

China’s stimulus is working, why isn’t ours?

stimulus bill, caterpillar, Jim Owens

January 10, 2010

Vancouver goes begging for construction workers

Despite the recession and near 20-percent unemployment in the construction trades, officials in Vancouver, British Columbia, are warning that a dire shortage of construction workers looms in the very near future. This westernmost Canadian state says 26,000 additional workers will be needed by 2017. I’m almost certain a similar shortage is about to strike the […]

January 10, 2010

Caltrans minority hiring rules spur lawsuit

The San Diego Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America and the Pacific Legal Foundation filed suit Thursday against Caltrans, alleging that the minority contracting rules that agency developed are unconstitutionally quota based. The agency labored for three years before ruling that 6.75 percent of all federally funded road and highway contracts must go to women, […]

January 10, 2010

Hire a teacher for the summer

Sundt Construction in Tuscon, Arizona has started a summer internship to employ local teachers and show them what it’s like to work in the construction industry. There’s so much to like about this program I don’t know where to start. For Sundt, it’s smart because they get an intelligent, motivated employee, at the height of the […]

January 10, 2010

“Clunker” law may include work trucks

Germany saw new car sales shoot up 40 percent this year after its government passed a law giving new car buyers a credit worth about $3,000 on their old gas guzzlers. Now our congress is thinking about doing the same. The most promising “cash for clunkers” proposal being talked about in Washington D.C. is an initiative from […]

January 7, 2010

China bails out its small businesses

Here in the U.S. we seem to want to bail out our giant corporations. The Chinese think differently. Do they know something we don’t?

January 7, 2010

Two-thirds of construction companies plan layoffs

According to the AGC of America. Click on “Read more” for the full text of the press release. Meanwhile, Congress has given itself a pay raise.

January 7, 2010

Wells Fargo 2009 Construction Industry forecast

Released today, the Wells Fargo Industry Forecast is based on interviews with more than 900 construction contracting and distribution executives. These folks always do a great job with the numbers. If your business needs a crystal ball, this is about as close as you’re going to get. Key quote: “While 2009 is shaping up to be […]

January 7, 2010

Conserving cash flow in difficult times

The Wall Street Journal today has a good article on how small companies can conserve cash flow when things get tight. The key is to renegotiate and keep the lines of communication open with vendors.

January 7, 2010

Cat cautions against “Buy American”

If you still need any proof that the stimulus bill being debated now in congress is rash and ill-considered take a look at what some are saying about the “Buy American” provision in the bill. Caterpillar spokesman Jim Dugan cautions that such provisions could ignite an international trade war that would be detrimental to every […]

January 6, 2010

Stimulus bill to small businesses–forget you

With Congress about to throw $825 billion out the window for economic stimulus, you’d think there might be a few pennies trickling down for small business. As the Wall Street Journal points out Obama campaigned on the promise to eliminate capital gains taxes for small business. Yet the House version of the bill ignored this promise […]

January 6, 2010

Construction issues on national TV tonight

CNBC is airing a special documentary on the housing crisis tonight at 8 pm /12 am ET, titled “House of Cards. If your business is tied to the fate of the residential construction industry, this will probably be well worth watching. This same group did a documentary on Wal-Mart a few years ago that was excellent. […]

January 6, 2010

A better stimulus plan

For once the New York Times gets it right. Key quote: “All you need to do is grant visas to two million Indians, Chinese and Koreans,” said Shekhar Gupta, editor of The Indian Express newspaper. “We will buy up all the subprime homes. We will work 18 hours a day to pay for them. We will […]

January 6, 2010

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Yellow excavator demolishing abandoned concrete building under stormy sky

KOBELCO Releases Two New Straight Boom Excavators for Demolition

The SK300LC-11 and SK350LC-11 feature extended height and attachment capacity and less repositioning when tearing structures down.

Orange and black Landcros articulated dump truck with six wheels and roof rack, shown in three-quarter view

Hitachi, Bell to Launch First Landcros Articulated Trucks for North America

Purple and gold John Deere compact track loader on display at an indoor equipment exhibition with visitors

Deere Debuts Its First Stand-on Mini Track Loaders: The New 10 G-Tier and 12 G-Tier

Heavy construction equipment displayed at a work site with text asking what machines are most popular, featuring a bulldozer, wheel loader, and compact track loader

Iron Insider: The Top-Selling Construction Equipment So Far in 2026

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Keep Your Business Strong During Slower Months

Choosing The Right Tire and Track Patterns for Maximum Productivity