Tag: Economy
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Autodesk Profits Fall and Lays Off 520 Employees
Autodesk stumbled this week, missing its earning expectations, cutting its full-year sales growth forecast, stocks taking a beating, and then laying off 520 employees, being 7% of their total staff. Got Recession? It seems that the uber-techno-giant Autodesk is also feeling the recession-that-went-on-too-long-blues. Can you believe that Autodesk has got recession, too? Particularly considering their low-cost…
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Is 2012 When The Housing Market Rebounds?
Housing Market Improves Recent good news about the US housing market suggest that maybe, just maybe, there is life in this key economic sector, after all. With other parts of the economy now slowing down, like the what was once strong performance in manufacturing, positive signs of improvement in the housing market show that for…
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Is The Housing Market On The Rebound?
For Premium Members Only. You Can Register Here »»Premium Signup The economic news and reports as of late have at best been mixed, without that shining light at the end of the economic collapse’s tunnel to lead us into decided recovery. Lagging in improvement, and as one of the largest drags on the economy, the…
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Land Surveying 911: Which Land Surveyors Should I Layoff And Which Should I Keep?
In this Land Surveying 911 series article, some names have been changed to protect the inquisitive. Submit your Land Surveying 911 request using the form at the end of this article. Dan, the survey manager of a struggling professional land surveying and civil engineering firm, submitted the following Land Surveying 911 question. Land Surveying 911: Which…
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CONSTRUCTION SPENDING HITS 17-MONTH HIGH IN NOVEMBER WITH MONTHLY GAINS IN ALL SEGMENTS
CONSTRUCTION SPENDING HITS 17-MONTH HIGH IN NOVEMBER WITH MONTHLY GAINS IN ALL SEGMENTS BUT PUBLIC SPENDING DOWN 5.3 PERCENT COMPARED TO LAST YEAR Date: January 3, 2012 Both Single- and Multifamily Homebuilding Improve from October and Year Ago; Private Nonresidential Increases from November 2010 are Widespread; Most Public Categories Drop from Year-Earlier Levels Construction spending totaled…
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New Outlook Report Forecasts Rise in Investment in Equipment and Software in 2012
New Outlook Report Forecasts Rise in Investment in Equipment and Software in 2012 Washington, DC, Dec. 19, 2011 –- The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) launches its 2012 Equipment Leasing & Finance U.S. Economic Outlook today. The new report, which is focused on the $628 billion equipment finance sector, forecasts equipment investment and capital spending in the United States, and evaluates…
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Professional Land Surveyor News: FEMA Announces That eLOMA Is Available Again
FEMA Announces That eLOMA Is Available Again The other day I told you FEMA announced that the eLOMA process was temporarily unavailable. Also, FEMA would not be issuing Letters of Map Amendment (LOMA). This was because Congress did not reauthorize funding for FEMA, along with other programs such as extension of the current highway bill and…