Posted by Webmaster
on 7/29/2009
Special Report—this week on employment in electrical contracting and construction overall, all of the green stuff (including some from the distribution industry) at The NECA Show, and employment numbers in the electrical distribution industry. Plus: Some other ideas and a look at the U-6 unemployment rate (16.8% in June).
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Posted by Webmaster
on 7/23/2009
Here in the Twilight Zone, as detailed in our Special Report, up is down, right is left, blue is red, and a lot of other things of which you were absolutely certain turn out to not quite be true. Joe Salimando recommends you look at your basic assumptions—and try to determine in advance how they are going to be proven wrong.... read more
Posted by TED Magazine
on 7/16/2009
Copper twice neared the $4/pound level in recent years, but the
performance in late 2008 and early 2009 has electrical folks pretty
happy about a $2.25 price. What’s happening and what might happen?
That’s the subject of this week’s Special Report, where Joe
Salimando says Bennie and the Chinese Communists (one heck of a name
for a band!) are going to have a major hand in determining your future
wire and cable profitability.... read more
Posted by TED Magazine
on 7/9/2009
Statistics on electricians and electrical contractors fill (to overflowing) this week’s Special Report,
including key data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics on the nation’s
need for electricians in 2016. Also here: a table of the 18 largest
employers of electricians in 2006 that were NOT electrical contractors
and a look at the government’s counts of the moms-and-pops in the
business.... read more
Posted by TED Magazine
on 7/2/2009
“Green shoots, my $#*$#*R%” writes Joe Salimando in Special Report.
It’s not his opinion: He cites air freight, railcar, truck tonnage, and
Baltic Dry Index data, as well as Barry Ritholtz, unemployment data,
and more.... read more