Business
Labor secretary the latest addition to Trump cabinet
President-elect Donald Trump selected Andy Puzder, chief executive of CKE Restaurants, to head the U.S. Department of Labor. Keep Reading
Cemex sells concrete pipe manufacturing business
Cemex signed a definitive agreement to divest its U.S. reinforced concrete pipe manufacturing business to Quikrete Holdings for about $500 million. Keep Reading
Mellott Co. Business Innovations
Mellott Co. is the leading innovator in the international rock crushing and screening business. Keep Reading
Vulcan reports latest quarterly performance
Vulcan Materials unveiled its third-quarter performance results, reporting continued strong earnings growth and margin expansion despite lower shipment levels. Keep Reading
Dexter + Chaney makes executive promotions
Dexter + Chaney promoted Scott Rosenbloom to its vice president of strategy and Curt Westberg to its vice president of customers. Keep Reading
Vulcan posts second-quarter results
Vulcan Materials Co. released its second quarter results, which show earnings growth and margin expansion despite below-trend shipment growth. Keep Reading
Principles to transition a quarry business to its next generation
Family-run businesses seldom make it beyond the third generation of owners. According to Bill Carpenter, Rogers Group's director of human resources, only about 30 percent of family-run businesses make it to second-generation ownership. That number diminishes to 12 percent in the… Keep Reading
4 techniques for job interviewers
This is part one of a two-part series on interviews. This part of this series covers conducting an interview, while the second part covers being interviewed – for both a job and an article. Interviewing sources is a regular part… Keep Reading
Understanding tax write-offs
As many in the aggregate industry have learned, our ever-changing tax rules make it difficult to get the full tax deduction producers are entitled to for the equipment and property that are so essential to every operation. The so-called “extenders”… Keep Reading
