In an age when major equipment buyers source directly from OEMs and where the ‘right to repair’ movement is trying to liberalise the repair and maintenance business, construction equipment dealerships may feel they are being squeezed on all sides. KHL’s Lucy Barnard finds out what...
United Rentals, Stamford, Conn., has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of family-owned Ahern Rentals, Las Vegas, for approximately $2 billion in cash....
In the world of digital media and social networks, internet defamation is a growing threat and all-too present reality for some. So, how can you protect yourself against internet defamation and preserve evidence of defamatory attacks and comments to strengthen your legal claim?...
Hitachi Construction Machinery Americas (HCMA), Newnan, Ga., a subsidiary of Hitachi Construction Machinery (HCM), Tokyo, introduced three new excavators during a press event Thursday, May 19, at the Callaway Resort & Gardens in Pine Mountain, Ga....
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As if construction work wasn’t dangerous enough, the use of job-made boxes, baskets and platforms increase fall-related risks and crush injuries inherent in the industry....
They say what goes up, must come down. But construction material pricing has been testing that inevitability for over two years, with no discernible end in sight. Economist Ken Simonson issued yet another construction inflation alert last week, spotlighting the inexorable climb of diesel, aluminum mill...
The Relief for Restaurants and other Hard Hit Small Businesses Act of 2022 — an amendment to H.R.3807 — could help the thousands of small businesses still struggling with the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The amended bill, sponsored by Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-N.Y.),...
Francis Fukuyama, the American political scientist who once described the collapse of the Soviet Union as the “end of history,” suggested that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine might be called “the end of the end of history.” He meant that Vladimir Putin’s aggression signals a rollback...
Following the dissolution of the joint manufacturing venture between Hitachi Construction Machinery Americas Inc. (HCMA) and John Deere on March 1st, 2022, HCMA looks to start a new chapter in North America and Latin America. This new chapter marks the beginning of HCMA officially leading the...
