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The USGlass News Network
For the glazing industry, the election of Donald Trump casts the spotlight on one of his biggest pledges during the presidential campaign — the elimination of the Environmental Protection Agency, whose Energy Star standards are used to certify doors, windows and skylights.
"We are going to get rid of it (the EPA) in almost every form," Trump said during the GOP debate in March 2016. "We're going to have little tidbits left, but we're going to take a tremendous amount out."
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By Michael J. Berens
 An undersupply of homes for sale along with rising home prices are spurring home renovation, repair and remodeling activity toward its highest level since the recession. With household incomes beginning to rise for the first time in years, homeowners potentially will have more money to spend on fixing up their homes. These and other factors have forecasters predicting strong growth for the remodeling industry in the year ahead.
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Small Business Trends
The Department of Labor's new overtime rule, which raises the annual salary threshold for exempt employees from $23,660 to $47,476, goes into effect Thursday, December 1, 2016.
Unprepared businesses are scrambling to make changes to avoid detrimental overtime and noncompliance expenses and fines.
According to the DOL, approximately 4.2 million American workers are currently classified as exempt from overtime pay yet earn salaries that fall below the new minimum threshold.
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Construction Dive
The post-election frenzy has started to settle, as President-elect Donald Trump prepares his transition team in advance of Inauguration Day. While Trump's win came as a surprise to many analysts and pollsters, Americans are now turning their attention to how his policy proposals will impact their lives.
The construction industry has found itself in a rare position, as Trump's win thrust it into the spotlight. His development experience and $1 trillion infrastructure proposal has resonated with construction companies and their investors.
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Entrepreneur
Self-employment can be so liberating. Being an entrepreneur and launching your own business provides tremendous freedom that you just can't get working for someone else.
At least until tax time arrives.
Entrepreneurs must take a totally different approach to taxes than the average worker. For example, when you work for someone else, your employer takes care of withholding taxes from your checks. But when you're self-employed, that tax requirement falls squarely on your shoulders.
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For Construction Pros
In today's economy, there are a number of issues that contractors must take into account when bidding for a job. This article is the first in a three part series that deals with several of these issues and provides guidance for contractors in drafting contract language to protect themselves.
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Woodworking Network
An ongoing construction labor shortage is affecting the speed and cost of renovation projects in the U.S., according to the latest Houzz Renovation Barometer, out this week. The barometer index tracks sector optimism among architects, designers, general contractors and remodelers, design-build firms, building and renovation specialty firms, and landscape and outdoor specialty firms.
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