After watching the stock market go up yesterday, then down this morning – and both yesterday’s gain and today’s decline were attributable to news about jobs Thursday’s news was positive, Friday’s news was negative. – I’ve again come to the conclusion that no one knows “shit from shinola” when it comes to predicting ups or…

Printing for Pinellas schools goes to same vendors Posted on June 5, 2011 by guest Almost every time the Pinellas County School District needed to print thousands of test booklets this year, the same thing happened. It asked three vendors to bid. The first put in the low bid. The second, run by the same…

Request for Proposals (RFP)
On-Call Copying and Reprographics Services The San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) is seeking proposals from qualified companies to provide general reprographic and reproduction services including, but not limited to, basic reproduction services, binding, stapling, printing, and distribution of SANDAG construction project plans, specifications, and related documents, foam core mounting, duplication and…

150 employees to lose jobs at Malden facility; move made as more use online statements July 07, 2011|By Todd Wallack, Boston Globe Staff Bank of America Corp., the state’s biggest bank, plans to close a printing operation in Malden (Massachusetts) and shift the work to other states by next spring, eliminating 150 local jobs. Company…

The other day, I posted an article on the blog about Boston’s real estate development sector beginning to show real signs of life. Here’s another one. Remember, real estate development will not recover all at once nor will its recovery be across-the-board (across-the-country) all at the same time. Real estate development activity will recover market…

This is the 2nd Quarter 2011 update to the index of the U.S.A. A/E/C reprographics industry’s sales revenues of “plans-printed-on-paper”. The A/E/C Repro PPoP Index ….. This index does not attempt to track “total sales” of A/E/C reprographers. It attempts to track only sales of “plans printed on paper,” which, traditionally and even nowadays, is…

As I think I said in a recent previous post, Boston’s real estate development economy appears to be on the verge of breaking out on the “right side” of things. This, of course, is good news to anyone and everyone associated with the A/E/C community, including reprographers! Here’s an in-depth article that appeared in yesterday’s…

On June 30, 2011, Service Point Solutions issued a Press Release – in Spanish – to talk about its expected first half 2011 results. To date, I’ve not found an English language version of that Press Release. In the first section below, you’ll find the Spanish-language version of that press release. After that, you’ll find…

Manage to come down with a nasty case of strep throat that: a) renders you unable to eat b) renders you unable to drink c) comes with several days of night (and day) sweats d) de-energizes your mind completely (as well as you body) e) comes with other “pleasant” side effects I’ll not mention Sorry…