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Bloomberg BNA
An additional 60 days was given to the Justice Department to respond to a court order that delayed an Obama administration rule to expand employee eligibility for overtime compensation.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted additional time to the department, which filed the request Feb. 22 and has until May 1 to file a brief in the case (Nevada v. DOL, 5th Cir., No. 16-41606, extension granted 2/22/17).
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Builder
More than half (59 percent) of homeowners are planning to spend money on home improvement projects in 2017, according to the fourth annual survey by LightStream, the online lending division of SunTrust Banks, Inc.
Notably, a shift is occurring on both a regional and multi-generational level as homeowners project higher average spending on renovations this year. The LightStream survey was conducted online by Harris Poll in January 2017.
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For Construction Pros
As a construction project manager, you know that there is more to construction management than coordinating and delivering projects. Meeting project timelines is one thing, but finding ways to motivate your construction team is another.
A successful project manager in any field must strongly grasp how to keep their employees motivated. It is important to make sure your employees do not only simply go through the motions but ensure that they want to get the job done well.
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Door & Window Market Magazine
About 70 million of the nation's more than 118 million single-family homes, apartments and mobile homes now have double- or triple-pane windows, according to the Residential Energy Consumption Survey, released this week by the U.S Energy Information Administration. That represents roughly 59 percent of all homes in the U.S.
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MarketWatch
Sales of newly-constructed homes rebounded in January, but the housing market continues to move forward in fits and starts.
New home sales ran at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 555,000, the Commerce Department said recently. That was 3.7 percent higher than in December, and 5.5 percent higher compared with a year ago.
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Business.com
Promotional emails can often come across as gimmicky and uninteresting, but they can be a great tool for your email marketing and overall business strategy if you know how to use them. Promotional emails can be an amazingly effective means of reaching out to prospects and customers. But when used improperly, they can be off-putting and negatively affect your brand. Let's look at some time-tested guidelines concerning the proper timing, content, audience and other tips that can help make your promotional emails more effective.
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Equipment World
It's a story that received national headlines. On June 5, 2013, equipment operator Sean Benschop maneuvered an 18-ton excavator toward a four-story brick building slated for demolition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. But in part because of Behschop's failure to follow safe demolition practices, an unsupported wall gave way and crashed down onto an adjacent one-story Salvation Army Store. Six people in the store died and another 13 were injured. Toxicology reports showed evidence of marijuana and codeine in Benschop's blood.
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