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...The deal will greatly expand Home Depot’s reach among contractors and builders....
...The delivery company said on Tuesday the headcount reductions would target its 85,000 workers in management, along with some contractors, with three-quarters of the lay-offs expected to occur in the first...
...Hacking Inc....
...Smart read Supply chain inflation and rising interest rates have created a crunch moment for the offshore wind sector....
...Some of the larger contractors are also looking at partnerships....
...chain tightness has led to extended cycle times, and large public builders have more resources (procurement scale, access to contractor pools) to manage through these challenges relative to smaller peers...
...is not held back by supply issues....
...US pressure to diversify supply chains away from China and rising labour costs in the country are driving the change....
...One of the most interesting is WireScreen, part of The Wire Digital Inc, a US-based news and data platform focused on China and global supply chains....
...Perhaps this reflects a bet that Russian instability will constrain global energy supply....
...And when we tried to find out who was behind TGP Europe we found a very interesting press release from one of its contractors....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on August 9 2022. ©2022 Nikkei Inc....
...Some past instances of worker unrest occurred in accommodation on the factory campus but managed by outside contractors....
...contractors after February’s Supreme Court ruling....
...The drone in question was a Switchblade made by AeroVironment, a small US defence contractor that has gained prominence after its “loitering missile system” became an emblem of Ukrainian resistance....
...A hot housing market has helped stoke demand for paint, patio furniture and appliances while supporting a recovery for contractors and builders whose businesses ground to a halt in the early days of the...
...Based outside Washington, Lockheed is the world’s biggest defence contractor....
...Moreover, these days most drivers work as self-employed contractors, and “bear the burden of gas, insurance, and maintenance costs, which reduces their take home pay”, as a White House paper noted last month...
...Resurgent demand from professional contractors and builders, who are responsible for a large chunk of Home Depot’s revenues, has helped the home improvement boom persist well into 2021....
...Briefly Defence contractor Qinetiq is not so lucky....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on December 7 2022. ©2022 Nikkei Inc....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on March 8. ©2022 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...Home Depot, which has a greater focus on professional contractors, looks well placed to reap the benefit of the new wave of stimulus spending through HD Supply....
...would probably benefit larger logistics contractors....
...If levels were higher they would simply highlight the supply side issue. Market forces are the biggest boon for Uber drivers....
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