from MARKETWIRE, 05/10/2011 (the following two paragraphs were only the beginning of this particular article) Parsons is pleased to announce that Kevin J. Thibault has joined the firm as Vice President and Market Development Manager for state transportation programs in the United States. In this role, he will be responsible for developing Parsons’ relationships in…

An article, this morning (May 17, 2011) on Fox Business News, attributable to Reuters, says this…. Housing starts and permits for future home construction fell in April as an overhang of homes on the market discourages builders from taking on new projects, pointing to prolonged weakness in the housing sector. The Commerce Department said on…

Here’s the beginning of an article I just found on the web-site mentioned in the next line….. By Bob Sullivan (on redtape.msnbc.msn.com, on 5.17.11) One moment of weakness — a single click on a bogus e-mail link or website — has cost many U.S. companies nearly $1 million apiece, the FBI said. And it has…

The paragraph that follows was pulled from a much longer article that appeared, on May 6, 2011, on AGC’s web-site, under construction economics…. Most domestic banks reported no change in their standards for approving CRE [commercial real estate] loans; however, a few large banks and foreign banks reportedly eased such standards somewhat,” the Federal Reserve…

Better to be an optimist than a pessimist! Norman Vincent Peale long-ago pointed out the “power of positive thinking”. Here’s the beginning of a post on the ZweigWhite’s blog: FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (May 3, 2011) –New evidence points to a brightening mood among the leaders of design firms, with bonuses, raises and incentives now poised to…

In a post on my blog on March 25th, 2011, I pointed out that “Equities research analysts at Robert W. Baird & Co. upgraded shares of American Reprographics Company (NYSE: ARC) to an “Outperform” rating in a research note released to investors today.” On March 25, 2011, ARC’s stock closed at $ 9.98. Subsequent to…

Sorry, this is a political rant. Below “my comments”, I’ve posted a copy of an op-ed editorial that appeared yesterday in the NY Times. This op-ed editorial, which I urge everyone to read, talks about the “debt ceiling” issue the U.S. government will soon be facing. My comments: Although I consider myself to be a…

This afternoon, I visited the web-site of one of our former company’s competitors in Florida, just to see if there’s anything new on this competitor’s web-site. Although I did not find much new, I did see these three lines, highlighted on this reprographer’s home-page: * Free Pick-Up and Delivery * Local Area Only * $10.00…

May 10, 2011 05:28pm EST (Article by Tony Hoffman) (Article found on pcmag.com) Lenovo has announced the RJ600N, a Memjet-based office printer intended for sale in China. Memjet is a high-speed color printing technology being marketed by a company of the same name. The RJ600N has a wicked-fast claimed color printing speed: up to 60…

Found on CNN Money, this morning….. Here are just a few of the comments made in an article titled, “Industries the Jobs Recovery Forgot” Think of them as the industries the recovery has left behind. * Construction * Finance and insurance * Media For workers in these areas, the job prospects aren’t much better today…