Posted by Webmaster
on 8/26/2009
Last week's Special Report offered background on electric vehicles; this week's edition completes the deal, providing some insight on how important EV charging stations might be to electrical contractors and homeowners—and how likely it is that distributors will become involved. (Hint: The answer hinges on how many EVs are sold in the next dozen years.)... read more
Posted by Webmaster
on 8/20/2009
Electric vehicles—HEVs, PHEVs, BEVs, and EREVs—(and how they will be plugged in) are the focus of Special Report. Reporting from the PlugIn2009 event, Joe Salimando gives you the lowdown on a bunch of acronyms—and dishes about what one Eaton executive unloaded onto a conference audience on the subject of nascent standards.... read more
Posted by Webmaster
on 8/13/2009
Frank Bisbee says you’re the guy/gal to see on network infrastructure. 3M’s boss says maybe some market sectors won’t come back. The construction industry’s largest management consultant says we’ll get back to 2005-2008 construction spending levels in 2013, maybe. And that’s a slice of what’s in Special Report this week, including perspectives from Barry Ritholtz and David Rosenberg.... read more
Posted by Webmaster
on 8/7/2009
WESCO Sustainability Summits, the scoreboard on NEC 2008, home inventories, an ugly picture (inflation-adjusted S&P 500 earnings), the “exhaustion” factor in unemployment data, and stuff that shouldn’t be missed—all in this week’s Special Report Blog.... read more