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Contractors Are Renting Rather Than Buying More Equipment.

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Banking & Credit Crisis. --> Companies. Equipment rentals allow contractors to shift downtime risk while trimming expenses, including licensing, insurance, taxes and debt, among others. Gulf Oil Spill. -->. Building Types. Construction Methods. Sustainability. Haiti Reconstruction. Economic Stimulus. -->. Safety & Health.

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Industry Focus – Retail: Less Than Six Degrees of Separation

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Lower gas prices are creating more discretionary income to save, pay down debt and spend on travel, eating out and personal services. Appointments are now being scheduled for ICSC’s RECon in Las Vegas, May 22-25. Find them in Booth S494P. RETAIL SEGMENT LEADS THE COMMERCIAL MARKET IN BRANSON, MISSOURI.

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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda

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In 2006, as a director of the Salt Lake City branch of the San Francisco Federal Reserve Board, he toured new housing communities in Phoenix and Las Vegas that were rife with vacant houses owned by investors hoping to turn them over at a quick and hefty profit.