By Paul Downs: Originally Posted on January 27, 2014 The struggles of a business trying to survive. At the beginning of last year, I started using a new technique to analyze my numbers: the trailing sum or average. In a nutshell, you track a set of numbers looking back from the present, at regular intervals, […]
By Matt Schumake WASHINGTON DC — Since the launch of the LEED for Homes rating system in 2007, the US Green Building Council has certified 50,000 green housing units. LEED for Homes is currently the world’s most widely used residential green building program. In 2007, 392 housing units received LEED-certification. In 2008, the figure jumped […]
Written by Jennifer Hicks Black walnut continues to be in high demand and the pricing reflects it, according to lumber suppliers interviewed by Woodshop News. “Walnut’s very hot,” says Sam Talarico, owner of Talarico Hardwoods in Mohnton, Pa. “I handle quartersawn walnut and the big walnut flitches are very much in demand right now. They […]
Originally Posted By Matt Schumake. DES PLAINES, IL — The National Association of the Remodeling Industry continues to show growth with its fourth-quarter Remodeling Business Pulse data of current and future remodeling business conditions. Although remodelers report the highest overall rating on business conditions, at 6.51, numbers in most other categories experienced a slight drop. […]
The Woodwork Career Alliance (WCA), developers of the Manufacturing Skill Standards for the wood products manufacturing industry, has signed up 50 schools in their EDUcationTM membership program. Many of the schools were formerly with WoodLINKS USA which ceased operation in the summer of 2013; participating schools have made a smooth transition to the WCA membership. […]
Employees of NH cabinet company turn out for surprise Christmas video production that brings boss to tears. At Crown Point Cabinet in Claremont, N.H., they have a longstanding holiday tradition of making a Christmas video, but this year the 90 employees of the family-owned company decided to try something a little different. Telling company president […]
As you decide where to shop for gifts for friends and family this holiday season, why should you consider purchasing gifts locally from small businesses, when the big box retailers have spent so much competing for your attention? Well, when taking the state of our economy into consideration, buying local could be the best decision […]
Becoming a SkillsUSA partner means exposing your brand to woodworking students and teachers. SkillsUSA is a leading national Career and Technical Education (CTE) organization with over 300,000 student and teacher members. The organization promotes skilled trades as well as employability or “soft” skills. Students compete in their skilled trade area and advance to higher levels, […]
The Los Angeles Times reports that the labor market looks like it is gaining some momentum. For the fourth time in five weeks, the number of workers filing new unemployment claims fell, to 323,000 for the week that ended Saturday, the Labor Department said Thursday. The drop, from 344,000 in the prior week, was larger […]
The New York Times reports that minutes of the most recent meeting of the Federal Reserve show that officials, many of whom are “reluctant to continue the Fed’s economic stimulus campaign in its current form,” considered “other ways of supporting an economy that still needs help.” However, the discussions “did not produce any immediate change in […]
