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  • CBO MINExpo Coverage

    CBO covers the premier triennial mining expo.
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  • Construction Business Owner Has Strong Presence at MINExpo

    CBO representatives receive feedback from industry experts and executives.
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  • Wright Express Releases Monthly Construction Fuel Consumption Index Results for September

    U.S. construction industry fueling declined 0.8% year-over-year in September; up 0.7% versus previous month.
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  • Caterpillar Reports Best Third-Quarter Sales and Profit Yet Downgrades Outlook for Future Sales

    PEORIA, Ill.  (Oct. 22, 2012) — Caterpillar Inc. announced third-quarter 2012 sales and revenues of $16.445 billion, a 5-percent increase from third-quarter 2011 sales and revenues of $15.716 billion.  Profit per share for the third quarter of 2012 was $2.54, up 49 percent from $1.71 per share in the third quarter of 2011.  Third-quarter 2012 profit per share includes a pre-tax gain of $273 million from the sale of a majority interest in Caterpillar’s third party logistics business, which had previously been announced. “Last quarter and then again a month ago at MINExpo, we discussed economic and geopolitical headwinds facing the world, and we are certainly continuing to see the impact of those uncertainties in our business,” said Caterpillar Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Doug…
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  • Construction Industry Job Report Shows Mixed Signs

    Construction employment declines in 28 states while construction jobs are up in 30 states.
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  • Cycle Construction Acquires Professional Construction Services

    Company will aim for construction offerings in the local market.
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  • Cummins Lowers 2012 Revenue and EBIT Guidance

    Company also Announces Necessary Actions to Respond to Global Economic Slowdown
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  • OSHA Announces Alternative Dispute Resolution Pilot Program for Whistleblower Complaints

    WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is launching an alternative dispute resolution pilot program for complaints filed with OSHA’s Whistleblower Protection Program. ADR can assist complainants and employers in resolving their disputes in a cooperative and voluntary manner. The program will be implemented in two OSHA regions and offer two voluntary methods of ADR: early resolution and mediation. When a whistleblower complaint is filed with OSHA in one of the pilot regions, the parties will be notified of their ADR options and may work through an OSHA regional ADR coordinator to use these methods. “OSHA is committed to fair, effective and timely enforcement of the whistleblower laws delegated to us by Congress,” said Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational…
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  • Mindy Fullilove Named AIA Public Director

    Washington, D.C. (October 10, 2012) – The American Institute of Architects (AIA) announced that Mindy Fullilove, MD, will serve as Public Director from the close of the 2012 December meeting of the AIA Board of Directors until the close of the 2015 December Board meeting. Dr. Fulliove is a research psychiatrist at New York State University Psychiatric Institute and professor of clinical psychiatry and public health at Columbia University. In her role with the AIA Board she will share her insights gained from studying the problems of American cities from a psychiatric perspective. She is a board certified psychiatrist, having received her training at New York Hospital-Westchester Division (1978-1981) and Montefiore Hospital (1981-1982). She has conducted research on AIDS and other epidemics of poor communities,…
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  • Navistar Announces Retirement of Jim Hebe

    Navistar’s senior vice president of North America sales operations retires.
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  • The Rental Show Named One of 50 Fastest-growing Trade Shows in U.S.

    Trade Show Executive Magazine Ranks The Rental Show 24th in Growth
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  • SteelDay Draws More than 10,000 people

    Chicago, IL (October, 8, 2012) – More than 10,000 people attended about 175 free events across the U.S. on September 28 for the fourth annual SteelDay. Hosted by the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), its members and partners, SteelDay is the structural steel industry’s largest networking and educational event for the design and construction community and the public.Architects, engineers, contractors, specifiers, university faculty and students and the general public visited steel mills, fabricators, service centers, galvanizers, and other steel facilities to see the industry’s processes and innovations firsthand and learn directly from industry experts. “SteelDay enjoyed much success again this year and we continue to get glowing feedback from those who attended events,” commented Ross Allbritton, AISC industry mobilization manager. “There is no other…
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