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Contractors Are Renting Rather Than Buying More Equipment.

ENR Construction

Equipment rentals allow contractors to shift downtime risk while trimming expenses, including licensing, insurance, taxes and debt, among others. Its important to get maximum use out of a piece of equipment in order to effectively manage costs." Manage Subscription. For some firms, that has meant renting rather than buying.

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Industry Focus – Retail: Less Than Six Degrees of Separation

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

In addition to directly providing 29 million retail jobs it supports more than four million logistics jobs; four million management and administration jobs; two million healthcare and service jobs; almost two million finance, insurance and real estate jobs; and 800,000 technology jobs. supporting one out of every four jobs.

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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda

Pro Builder

But addressing the future needs of housing affordability—namely, expanding its product mix and pool of buyers, retooling its well-known, long-standing brand, and managing NIMBYism against its vision—would not happen overnight. “I knew we couldn’t be the same builder we’d always been.”. Photo: Erik Ostling / dbphotoagency.

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LOCATION FOCUS: California Dreamin’ – A Rebound Fueled By New Energy

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Last year, a State Budget Crisis Task Force headed by former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker estimated California’s long-term debt at a staggering $370 billion. Power outages can be avoided, and customers will be empowered to see and manage their energy use in near-real time. QUITE SIMPLY, HESPERIA WORKS FOR BUSINESS.