Found on the NAHB web-site, this morning….. May 16, 2011 – Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes held unchanged at the low level of 16 in May, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI), released today. The index has now remained at this level for…

Found on Google Finance this morning: Goldman Sachs reiterated its Buy rating on Autodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK). In a research report published today, Goldman also left its price target unchanged at $51. In the report, Goldman states, “Our bullish thesis on Autodesk is driven by: (1) in our view it is the right time of the…

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- Cloud Computing (webinar is scheduled for May 25, 2011) “The air is so filled with clouds these days–cloud computing, cloud services, public clouds, private clouds, internal clouds, managed clouds, fake clouds, hybrid clouds–you would think a storm is brewing. But while “cloud computing” is the buzz of the year,…

I found this article (see below, in blue type) in an issue of “Development Magazine, but I don’t know which issue of that magazine this article appeared in. Anyway, I found the article to be interesting from the point of view that “reprographers” do offer “document management” software and services, and, thusly, real estate development…

On May 9, 2011, on McGraw Hill’s Southeastern Construction News, Scott Judy posted an article about “construction employment” (in the Southeast part of the U.S.). Here’s a couple of paragraphs from Scott’s article, followed by a link to the full article: The latest unemployment rate figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics came out recently,…

If you’re in the reprographics business and offer FM (MPS) services, this video is a great example of how powerful a “VIP-customer” testimonial can be, when the testimonial has been outstandingly scripted and staged. ARC’s marketing person who managed the production of this testimonial gets a standing round of applause from me. Perfect, A+++ score.…

You’ll see what I’ve mentioned above if you are patient…., and that’s because the “digital document kiosk” is in the latter part of the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JR4dzQriMR8 Not quite as interesting as Inglorius Bastards or Pulp Fiction, but this particular video should, I would think, be of interest to reprographer

I would like to get some feedback / input from my blog-visitors on a few matters. All of these matters pertain to “things” I think the IRgA should look into and pursue on behalf of IRgA members. Most of us who attended the IRgA Convention are aware that the IRgA may be going through a…

The five paragraphs below come from the beginning of an article (authored by Scott Judy) that I came across on Southeast.Construction.com. After the first five paragraphs, you’ll find a link to the full article that Scott wrote. “Earlier this year, I blogged about the four-state region’s 2011 construction forecast, courtesy of information from McGraw-Hill Construction,…

When I originally posted the announcement of the contest – to guess ARC’s price per share – I said that the one who guesses a price per share that’s closest to ARC’s per-share closing price on May 15th would be the winner. I guess I was not looking at May’s calendar when I said that.…