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A. O. Smith acquires water treatment company Aquasana

Contractor Magazine

from consumer-focused private equity firm L Catterton for $87 million in cash on a debt/cash-free basis. Smith Corporation today announced it completed the purchase of Texas-based Aquasana, Inc. read more.

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Accounting Basics for Small Contractors — Benchmarking

Contractor Magazine

Debt-to-equity ratio? BY MICHAEL BOHINC, CPA. Do you know your current ratio? How often assets turn over? In this installment of Accounting Basics for Small Contractors, we’ll look at specific KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) (aka benchmarks) that contractors should be monitoring.

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Business Report: Garden State Growth Zones Aim to Lift New Jersey’s Cities

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The ERG program is an incentive for developers and businesses to address revenue gaps in development projects, defined as having insufficient revenues to support the project debt service under a standard financing scenario. It can also apply to projects that have a below-market development margin or rate of return.

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More Commercial Real Estate Execs Expect To Increase Capital Spending Amid Tepid Economic Growth In 2014

Business Facilities

This Contributed Column is brought to you by REAL STREET Expo , a new event sponsored by Business Facilities and Today’s Facility Manager magazines. Posted by Heidi Schwartz. audit, tax and advisory services firm. . More Real Estate Executives Considering an IPO.

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Pity the fool - The Business Facilities Blog - Economic Development.

Business Facilities

Those of us who have looked to the self-interest of lending institutions to protect shareholders equity, myself included, are in a state of shocked disbelief, he said. They used these to bundle ridiculous sub-prime mortgages and spread the unsecured debt throughout the global financial system.

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Industrial Products M&A Activity Surges In Second Quarter

Business Facilities

This Contributed Column is brought to you by REAL STREET Expo , a new event sponsored by Business Facilities and Today’s Facility Manager magazines. This trend dovetailed with a moderate increase in debt financing for deals over the past year. Posted by Heidi Schwartz.

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North Dakota Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The updated North Dakota incentives guide is brought to you by Real Street Expo , a new event sponsored by Business Facilities and Today’s Facility Manager magazines. North Dakota Development Fund: Provides flexible gap financing through debt and equity investments for new or expanding primary sector businesses.