Its nearly winter here in the north, and that means its time to start working on your winter project.
One thing is certain, you can never have enough skills and tools. An old motorcycle which needs to be made new requires a lot of work and imagination, and youll have to make some parts yourself.
Lincoln Electric is there for you, brother. The Ultimate Fab Shop Giveaway will hook you up with some essential gear and you can get right down to work. Enter the contest every day from now until 11:59 p.m. (EST) on Dec. 15 for a chance to win great prizes, including a complete fab shop makeover valued at $12,000.
Its pretty simple and easier than waiting in line to buy a lottery ticket.
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A recent report indicates what color automotive enthusiasts gravitate toward when buying a new or used car. According to PPG Industries, a leading manufacturer for paint supplies, white is the most popular color that graces the exterior of cars in America.The report indicates that in North America, 20 percent of vehicles are painted white, overtaking silver as the most popular car color in 2011. In a close second was last years leader, silver, at 19 percent. Black, gray and red rounded out the top five at 18 percent, 15 percent and 9 percent, respectively. Other common, but slightly less popular, colors were blue, brown, tan, gold, orange and yellow, all of which were tied for sixth place. At 2 percent, green was second to last, as only “niche” colors were less frequent.”Color is one of the most basic means of human expression,” said Jane Harrington, PPG manager of color styling and automotive coatings. Read more…
NU Online News Service, Nov. 23, 12:00 p.m. EST
Insurance rating agency A.M. Best Co. says the ratings of Transatlantic Holdings and Alleghany Corp. and their subsidiaries remain unchanged following the companies’ agreement to merge.
Transatlantic Holdings is to become an independent subsidiary of property and liability insurer Alleghany Corp. under the terms of a cash-and-stock agreement valuing Transatlantic at about $3.4 billion.
In a statement A.M. Best says the combined company will “bring greater diversification of earnings, cash flow sources and business by geography, product, and distribution to Alleghany.”
“Significant liquidity at the parent company level also is expected to be maintained,” A.M. Best says, adding that it will continue to monitor the transaction, and review the ratings of the combined company when the transaction is completed.
Transatlantic and Alleghany say they expect the deal to close during the 2012 first quarter. The compa
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Unoccupied property insurance clients need to be aware of a new scam whereby squatters move in and start trading from empty commercial premises. In Bath a group recently took over an empty store and immediately started running a retail business.
Property experts say that people from London are going round the country identifying likely sites and they then arrange for a friendly locksmith to change the locks and leave the doors unsecured. The squatters move in and when the police arrive they say the doors were open. It is then a civil matter and police involvement is limited.
Retailers are already suffering in the economic downturn and the last thing town centre traders need is competitors who pay no rent and rates! Always keep a careful eye on your empty building and if you need unoccupied property insurance