With the onset of spring, a young investor’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of … profits. And in this case, Real Money Columnist Paul Price says he found them rooting around in the garden. What makes this a doubly attractive idea to Price is that the company’s share price has a habit of rising substantially,…
The world is getting warmer and, for billions of people, more dangerous. For the No. 1 air-conditioning maker, Japan’s Daikin Industries Ltd., that’s a huge opportunity. Global demand for air conditioning is on track to triple through 2050, according to the International Energy Agency. And with household incomes climbing in developing economies, it’s a good…
The salad days of Facebook’s lavish employee perks may be coming to an end. Meta, parent company of Facebook, told employees on Friday that it is cutting back or eliminating free services such as laundry and dry cleaning. The company is also pushing back the dinner bell for a free meal to 6.30pm from 6pm, according to…
Brad Beldon, CEO of Beldon Roofing, describes the challenges facing the construction industry as a “perfect storm.” For decades, the industry has struggled to find workers. The COVID-19 pandemic only made it harder. Now, with the global supply chain broken, companies can’t get the materials they need, or can get them only at inflated prices….
THIBODAUX, La., Feb. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Fort Lauderdale-based Air Pros USA announced the acquisition of Doug’s Service Company, a leading HVAC and home services business that has been proudly serving home and business owners in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana since 1988. Doug’s Service Company will continue operating under its existing brand name. Doug’s Service Company provides heating…
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This is a story of an area roofing company’s salesmen who broke almost every rule there is to break, and unfortunately for them, they knocked on the wrong door to do it. Mine. I’m disgusted with the antics of S.W.A.T. Roofing and Contracting of Haslet. Still, I gave owner Andrew Dumas more than a week…
One of Kenosha’s largest manufacturers has successfully completed the process of re-acquiring complete ownership of its business from a foreign company. Centrisys manufactures custom high-speed dewatering centrifuges, sludge thickeners and provides a global centrifuge repair service. It formally split from Chinese-based Techcent this winter. Centrisys and Techcent formed a joint venture in 2007 which gave…
Michelle and Steve Robbins pose with the 2021 Business of the Year award from the Farmington Chamber of Commerce Feb. 9 in the company’s Farmington warehouse. FARMINGTON — Michelle Robbins knew something unusual was going on as soon as she pulled up to the business she and her husband run one day last week to…
