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Construction Spending "Once Again Defies Expectations" Much Weaker Than Expected; Four Reasons Economists Perplexed

MishTalk

Today the Bloomberg Consensus estimate for construction spending was for a 0.4% Construction spending once again defied expectations. March construction spending dropped 0.6 On the year, construction spending was up 2.0 Nonresidential private construction provided a ray of sunshine -- it advanced 1.0

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Government Contracts Pricing Strategy – Ten Dynamic and Synergistic Pricing Practices

Granite Leadership Strategies

Key questions should address how well the pricing submissions complied with the RFP, what kinds of pricing questions or evaluation notices (ENs) the Government evaluators asked, and what feedback the proposal team and subcontractors have on what can be improved.

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The Last Racer

Emerson Consulting Group

A half-mile further, we clopped en masse by Hawthorne’s Old Manse, clattering next over the Old North Bridge and then past the Minuteman Statue, Emerson’s “shot heard round the world” testament on its plaque egging us on. I could live with that. The final stretch now in view, I embraced such a meager consolation prize and trudged on.

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Introducing the Zero Labor Factory (90% Free Actually); Robots at Chili's, Applebees, Panera

MishTalk

A manufacturing hub in South China's Guangdong province has begun constructing the city's first zero-labor factory, a signal that the local authorities are bringing into effect its "robot assembling line" strategy. In the strive for zero labor factories we are nearly there. Is 90% good enough?

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Fourth Industrial Revolution: Robots, Artificial Intelligence Will Destroy 5.1 Million Jobs by 2020

MishTalk

Yet, after boomers die off en masse, I foresee all kinds of health-related jobs will vanish until the next retirement boom hits. Here are a couple of tables I created from the report data. Everything Rosy but Healthcare Curiously, the following chart from the report makes everything look rosy except healthcare.