There’s a frenzy of stock buying going on now, because no one wants to be left out of the stock market recovery. But all those who are betting on short-term gains are engaged in what I call “wrong ball investing.” Here’s how to…
Want to see how the construction industry will do in 2011? Look at how architects did in 2010. By that gauge, last year’s thin uptick in building design and engineering services foretells a similar small gain ahead for builders…
In January, job creation was anemic, yet unemployment plummeted. What gives? The answer lies in the quirky way the government decides who gets counted as part of the work force, who gets counted as officially unemployed and who…
Construction of Tiger Woods Dubai, a high-end residential complex that was to be built around a championship-caliber golf course, has been halted because of poor market conditions in the Middle Eastern emirate, Bloomberg News r…
With the economic recovery gaining steam, President Obama’s State of the Union address — and the GOP response — should be seen as a shift to a less activist approach. Feel-good rhetoric may be wiser than heavy-handed policies…