AECbytes is excited to announce the launch of the AECbytes Discussion Forum, intended to provide a vendor-neutral, platform-agnostic forum for discussing any aspect of AEC technology. It has six broad categories under which different topics can be created; each topic can have a chain of replies or “posts.” While you can see all the content…

Blog Publisher’s comment: This month’s issue of Larry Hunt’s Newsletter contains an interesting, well-written, thought-provoking article about pricing (a subject that everyone loves!) Larry Hunt’s Newsletter SPECIAL REPORT March 2014 Evaluating Incremental Vs. Full-Cost Pricing By Larry Hunt and Dirck Holscher Knowing your costs is key to making good profits in any business, and printing…

From the myprintresource business management web-page: “Formerly PBMS, Novitex Unveils its New Strategy” BY PAUL RIZZUTO ON MAR 10, 2014 When Apollo Global Management acquired Pitney Bowes Management Services (PBMS) from Pitney Bowes for $400 million in late 2013, it was unclear what direction Apollo would take the company. Now we know. The newly-formed company—Novitex…

Below, you will find a “Google-Translate” translation of the latest bankruptcy-matter-filing issued by Service Point Solutions.  As I’ve previously stated whenever I’ve used Google-Translate to translate SPS documents from Spanish to English, translations are far from perfect. This document was found on CNMV, the web-site of the Spanish equivalent of the U.S. SEC. Before I…

Blog Publisher’s comments appear at the very end of this post. Below, you will find a “Google-Translate” translation of the latest financial-results-report issued by Service Point Solutions.  As I’ve previously stated whenever I’ve used Google-Translate to translate SPS reports from Spanish to English, translations are far from perfect (and, they read kind of weird, to…

CONSTRUCTION SPENDING POSTS BIGGEST INCREASE SINCE 2006, RISING 9.3 PERCENT FOR THE YEAR AMID GROWING DEMAND FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE Date: March 3, 2014 Growth Comes Despite Harsh Winter Weather in Many Parts of the Country Economist Says; But Continued Gains Depend on New Federal Infrastructure Investments, Broader Economic Growth Total construction spending in January…

 Nonresidential Construction Spending Still Frozen in January Posted on Monday, March 03, 2014 1:19 PM Nonresidential construction spending declined for the second consecutive month, falling 0.3 percent in January, but is up 6.5 percent over the past year, according to a March 3 release by the U.S. Census Bureau. Spending for the month totaled $578.7…

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Excerpt from one of the reports that mentioned Staples’ “North American Stores and On-Line (results): Sales for the fourth quarter of 2013 were $2.9 billion, a decrease of 12 percent compared to the fourth quarter of 2012. Excluding $221 million of sales during the extra week in 2012, fourth quarter 2013 sales decreased six percent.…

Textura: 4 Reasons You Shouldn’t Buy Into This Sell-off By Sarfaraz A. Khan – 02/21/14 – 8:59 AM EST NEW YORK (TheStreet) – Shares of Textura , which sells cloud-based invoicing and other services to the construction industry, have dropped 14% this year following a Citron Research report accusing the company of fraud and misconduct.…