Atlantic Zeiser, supplier of dedicated personalization and encoding systems for the label market, announces the introduction of the OMEGA 36 HD and OMEGA 210, two new high resolution inkjet printing systems, and the launch of the SMARTCURE Series, a new eco-friendly LED UV curing solution, at drupa 2008. During the world’s largest printing show, to [...]
Construction activity plunged in July by the biggest amount in six months as spending on homes fell for a record 17th straight month.
The Commerce Department reported Tuesday that construction spending dropped 0.4 percent in July, compared with June, the weakest showing since a 0.6 percent fall in January.
It was a bigger drop than economists had [...]
Caterpillar Inc. said its first-quarter profit fell three per cent, as strength in the company’s overseas business could not overcome a weak U.S. construction market and a sharp decline in engine sales.
But the company’s shares rose more than five per cent after Caterpillar boosted its earnings forecast for the next year.
Matt Collins, an analyst with [...]
Hitachi Consulting, the consulting company of Hitachi, Ltd. , announced the formation of a Payments Compliance practice through its Dove Consulting division. This new team is focused on consultative services designed to meet the compliance needs of a payments industry in transition.
“Because of the way the industry has evolved, many card issuers, acquirers, merchants, processors, [...]
The Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle has awarded over $300,000 in Affordable Housing Program grants for two projects being developed by the YWCA of Seattle-King County-Snohomish County and Habitat for Humanity of Seattle/South King County. The winning grant applications were sponsored by Seattle-based HomeStreet Bank, one of the largest privately owned banks in the [...]
France’s leading developer of residential and corporate real estate, Nexity and the Caisse Nationale des Caisses d’Epargne have signed a letter opening exclusive negotiations in order to continue discussions for the creation of a real estate leader, encompassing real estate development activities, real estate services activities, the holding of real estate assets in a portfolio [...]
After studying landscape architecture at Cornell University in the 1930s, Ruth Shellhorn traveled home to South Pasadena on a mail boat through the Panama Canal. On her journey, she kept a meticulous diary of the exotic plants she encountered in Central and South America: bougainvillea, palm trees, birds of paradise.
With her rigorous training and new [...]
China’s top banking regulator has issued rules requiring lenders to be more discerning when issuing property credit, the government’s latest move to cool down the red-hot real estate sector.
In a nine-point directive issued on Wednesday, the China Banking Regulator Commission (CBRC), called on banks and other financial institutions to tighten their property lending management, apparently [...]
After breaking his back in a motorcycle accident, industrial designer Darrin Caddes became more aware of how people interact with products. “I couldn’t use a phone handset,” he recalls. “I couldn’t turn around easily or pick up a pen.”
Today, the former automotive-industry designer — who has held top posts at Fiat (Milan: F.MI) , BMW [...]
Two local businesses received the first of what will be annual awards for design excellence from Medway’s Design Review Committee at the annual Town Meeting.
Robin Boorstein, franchisee of the new McDonald’s restaurant in Medway Commons, accepted the award for design excellence in new construction, while Tara A. Ryan and Dave Werlich, [...]