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  • U.S.-based Mimeo.com acquires Koebcke GmbH (Service Point Solutions’ former operation in Germany)

    I’d like to thank a friend in Germany for bringing this news to my attention. In his e-mail this morning, he said… “The U.S. investor Mimeo Inc. took over the operation of the German Koebcke GmbH at three locations in Berlin and another seven offices nationwide.” You will find, below, Google Translate translations – of…

  • Marathon Reprographics vs. Kevin Rowe, iPlanTables, et al – CASE DISMISSED

    On March 19th, a “stipulation for dismissal” was filed with the Court. “COME NOW the Plaintiff Marathon Reprographics, Inc. and Defendants Kevin Rowe and Beth Swanson, TRC Digital Services, LLC, TRC, Inc., iPlanTables, LLC, and James D. Costello, by and through their respective counsel, and hereby stipulate to the dismissal of the claims between them…

  • Construction Industry Employment still way off pre-recession high

    “Here Are The Jobs We’ve Gained Back Since The Recession” Matthew Boesler, provided by
 Business Insider Published 10:31 am, Friday, April 4, 2014 This morning’s release of the March jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed that last month, private-sector employment rose to an all-time high, finally surpassing the pre-recession peak. Shobhana Chandra and Ilan…

  • Is Textura Corp (NYSE: TXTR) still on Barrington Research's "Best Ideas List"?

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  • Funding for commercial real estate projects has increased dramatically

    When in my car, my car radio is fixed on Bloomberg Business.   On one of the segments on Bloomberg this morning, there was a discussion about “commercial real estate”, in particular, activity in that market and funding available for projects. As most people are well aware, funding for commercial real estate projects – in particular,…

  • The most famous blogger in the reprographics industry will not be attending the IRgA/ERA convention this year

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  • Years ago, sales in the reprographics industry tracked non-residential spending. That true today? Perhaps somewhat, but, certainly, not as closely as used to be the case.

    From my favorite economics blog….. By Bill McBride of calculatedriskblog.com, TUESDAY, APRIL 01, 2014 Construction Spending increased slightly in February The Census Bureau reported that overall construction spending increased in February.  – Private residential spending is 47% below the peak in early 2006, and up 58% from the post-bubble low.  – Non-residential spending is 23%…

  • Are you one of the winners on Textura Corp? (NYSE: TXTR)

    Or, like many, are you feeling like a fool ….. on April Fool’s Day? By now, it’s been nearly 10 months since Textura Corp went public. Current Quote on TXTR, April 1, 2012, 1:22 pm (per Google Finance) $24.78 -$0.42 (-1.69%) Let’s briefly revisit TXTR’s IPO launch and the secondary offering TXTR managed to pull…

  • Check printing appears to be a very lucrative business

    Well, I say this because I recently had to reorder checks and the cost of my reorder – for 300 pages (of 3 checks on a page) was around $90.00.  A page of three checks, size-wise, is a bit less than an 8 ½ x 11 sheet of paper.  If I subtract the cost of…

  • Check out the graph in this article and see Blog Publisher's Comment

    TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 2014 New Home Sales at 440,000 Annual Rate in February The first graph shows New Home Sales vs. recessions since 1963. The dashed line is the current sales rate. Read the full article at this link: http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2014/03/new-home-sales-at-440000-annual-rate-in.html Blog Publisher’s Comment: When I looked at the first chart/graph that appears in this article,…