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HUB's Raymond Monteith Offers Expert Advice for Reducing ?Risk of Cyberattacks

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RM: Very often those businesses don’t have large or sophisticated IT or risk management departments that are actively engaged in maintaining defensive security for the business. We don’t just leave it to the IT people to take care of and maintain the defensive perimeter. You have perimeter defenses. so you have elevation.

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Expert Advice for Reducing ?Risk of Cyberattacks

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RM: Very often those businesses don’t have large or sophisticated IT or risk management departments that are actively engaged in maintaining defensive security for the business. We don’t just leave it to the IT people to take care of and maintain the defensive perimeter. You have perimeter defenses. so you have elevation.

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Home Building by the Numbers

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In 2019, for example, the average profitability among the builders surveyed rose to 9.59% of revenue, up from 8.71% in 2018—the best performance since 2006, before the crash (see chart 1). Shinn’s analysis attributed the boost in 2019 to reductions in costs of sales and operations, while financing expenses were at all-time lows.

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A More Even Field: The Eleventh Circuit Overrules Its Precedent and Joins Most Circuits on the Applicability of Domestic FAA Grounds to Vacate Nondomestic Arbitration Awards[1]

Constructlaw

17] The court explained that its prior precedent erroneously “equated the defenses to recognition and enforcement with the grounds for vacatur” [18] and that this was “plainly and palpably wrong.” [19] 2019); Indus. Risk Insurers v. Risk Insurers , 141 F.3d 3d 327, 332 (D.C. Del Monte Int’l GmbH , 921 F.3d 3d at 481. [5]

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Business Facilities’ 2019 Metro Rankings Report

Business Facilities

From the July/August 2019 Issue. 15th Annual Rankings: 2019 Metro Rankings Report. Employment in the West Texas county is surging by nearly 12 percent, more than seven times the national average (Roper, 2019). By Business Facilities Staff. ATLANTA NO. 1 IN GROWTH POTENTIAL. NEW HAVEN-MILFORD, CT MSA IS A MAGNET FOR MILLENNIALS.

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Arbitration Update – The 2021 ICDR Arbitration Rules: A Welcome Update for International Construction Arbitration

Constructlaw

26 While third-party funding arrangements are not particularly common in international construction arbitrations, 27 the involvement of subrogated insurance carriers and complicated ownership structures, including special purpose entities and joint ventures, are. Competence of the Tribunal to Determine its Own Jurisdiction (2019).

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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda

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So he rallied other chief executives and employers to join the newly formed Housing Gap Coalition through the local Chamber of Commerce—and not just builders and developers, but also insurance companies, bankers, and a variety of others. 37 while achieving an overall customer satisfaction rating above 90%, based on independent research.