May 21, 2012 Paul Ashman, President, Environmental Recovery & Consolidations Services, a carpet recycler, discusses the Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE) Annual Conference, offering his take on the progress of the nation’s carpet collection and recovery efforts and how he feels it could be improved.
May 18, 2012 Mike Barker, Investment & Retirement Management, looks at the drop in the market over the past week and the decline in the last 11 of 12 sessions on the Dow, discussing the reasons including events in Spain and the EU and the poor economic news of the day. Barker talks about the decline in gold, his expectations for the housing industry and what he’s eyeing going forward.
May 17, 2012 Jeff King with the law firm Crowell & Moring and General Counsel to the World Floor Covering Association discusses a situation that exists with many retailers, that of using the services of contractors for the installation function and the many possible pitfalls with regards to the IRS.
May 16, 2012 John McDevitt, former 3M Corporate Economist, discusses the progress of the economic recovery, comparing it with earlier recoveries. McDevitt also talks about the consumer, the recent consumer credit report, his expectations for spending, how the outcome of the election will affect consumers and the situation on Greece as he shares his forecast for 2Q and the year.
May 15, 2012 John McDevitt, former 3M Corporate Economist, discusses the progress of the economic recovery, comparing it with earlier recoveries. McDevitt also talks about the consumer, the recent consumer credit report, his expectations for spending, how the outcome of the election will affect consumers and the situation on Greece as he shares his forecast for 2Q and the year.
May 14, 2012 John McDevitt, former 3M Corporate Economist, discusses the progress of the economic recovery, comparing it with earlier recoveries. McDevitt also talks about the consumer, the recent consumer credit report, his expectations for spending, how the outcome of the election will affect consumers and the situation on Greece as he shares his forecast for 2Q and the year.
May 11, 2012 Mike Barker, Investment & Retirement Management, talks about the six-day market slide, the events that brought it about including last week's disappointing job report and the elections in Europe. Barker also discusses the situation in Greece and how it could impact the U.S., the U.S. tax-cut expiration and spending restrictions eight months out, and his expectations for the coming weeks.