Why won’t they report the real unemployment numbers?

Unemployment is far higher than what is being reported. They are not counting people that are underemployed (you know, college educated adults that are taking teenage jobs and are working 25 hrs a week without health or dental coverage). They are not reporting teenage unemployment. They are not counting some people as [...]

Special Report: The nuclear industry’s trillion dollar question

Special Report: The nuclear industry’s trillion dollar question
Reuters – In the inbox of Petr Zavodsky, director of nuclear power plant construction at Czech power group CEZ are three sets of proposals from American, French and Russian consortiums, all angling for a $30 billion contract to build five new reactors.
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Airport officials cite improvements, trends in year-end report

Airport officials cite improvements, trends in year-end report
The airline industry in general and Louisville International Airport in particular continue their slow recovery from several years of stagnation, Louisville Regional Airport Authority officials reported in a year-end review Wednesday.
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Blasting the Bridge Keepers: a Construction Expert Denounces the Ntsb?s Report on the I-35w Bridge Collapse

 Blasting the Bridge Keepers: A Construction Expert Denounces the NTSB’s Report on the I-35W Bridge Collapse—and the “Public Servants” Who Keep Dropping the Ball

An NTSB report over a year in the making cites faulty gusset plates as the cause of the 2007 Minnesota bridge collapse. But the report contains a glaring sin of omission: [...]

Wednesday P.M. Report

Wednesday P.M. Report
Wednesday P.M. Report Twin Cities construction employment down 17%, Case-Shiller says area home prices up 9.5%, judge will sentence 7 involved in Petters case in August, and Sun Country to start flying out of Lansing.
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TSX relatively flat as GDP numbers clash with U.S. employment report

TSX relatively flat as GDP numbers clash with U.S. employment report
TORONTO – The Toronto stock market was relatively flat Wednesday morning as signs of strong Canadian economic growth to start the year ran up against a negative private-sector employment report from the United States.
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Friday’s Jobs report

Friday’s Jobs report
Friday, the Labor Department will release February employment figures. Since December 2007, the economy has shed 8.4 million jobs. A sharp uptick in employment would indicate the recession is ending, while more job losses would indicate a double dip recession is more imminent.
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Implications of the Pre-Budget Report For Construction Recruitment

Desperate times call for desperate measures, and the Chancellor’s Pre-Budget Report (PBR) delivered recently could herald a new era of co-operation between the Government and the construction industry. The PBR announced that £3billion worth of investment that was due to be carried out in 2010-11 is to be brought forward – news that has been [...]