Macy’s is launching a women’s clothing line aimed at Muslim shoppers. The department store chain says it teamed up with a boutique called Verona Collection and plans to sell the collection of modest dresses, tops, cardigans and hijabs online. The clothing will launch on Macy’s website on Feb. 15.
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A doctor has a stethoscope. A teacher has books. A policeman has a gun. A contractor has…tools! What is a contractor without his tools? Being a contractor means you work with your hands. Most jobs are entirely hands on. Whether you’re building a home of fixing a sink, you need tools to help you complete the task at hand.
Some contractors have plenty of their own tools, while other’s use what their company owns. Either way, you want to know what the latest and best tools are out on the market. You want your company to be utilizing the best tools, so you can get the job done fast and more efficiently.
For this article, we found some great tools out there that you’ll want to get your hands on!
Pliers Wrench – This product is made by Knipex. This tool is handy because it is a pair of pliers and a wrench all in one. It has smooth jaws and a 10-to-1 lever ratio.
MSHC Hex Driver – This tool is made by Malco Tools. It has a duel hex socket, and an easily accessible magnet.
Triton Plastic Pipe Joining System – This product is designed to be used for fusion welding plastic pipe. It uses radio frequency electromagnetic technology to improve pipe joining and testing times. There is no long set up with this product.
An investor who recently poured money into an Orlando startup is looking to do it one more time.
Marc Sokol, chairman of Florida Funders Investment Committee, will visit Catalyst Spaces downtown to meet with early-stage businesses.
The Florida Funders managing partner, who is based in the Tampa-St….
Fans of the annual Florida Strawberry Festival in Plant City, which boasts big-name entertainment, rides and games for its 11-day run, can now get discounted tickets at participating Publix stores, Fox 13 reports.
Statewide, nearly 300 of the grocery chain’s stores will sell tickets for $8 for…
Good news for you contractors! Employment in the construction field is continuing a steady growth, which means more job security for you! According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, at the end of 2017, they revealed continued job growth in the United States with the unemployment rate at 4.1%. Ten percent of the jobs added were in the construction industry; there were 228,000 jobs added in the entire economy.
Construction Employers of America were happy with these statistics showing how valuable and important the construction trade is. Most of all November 2017’s job growth happened in the specialty trade construction sector, which shows that America still needs and values highly-skilled labor.
In November, employment in the construction field was up 24,000 jobs and 22,600 of them were specialty trade jobs. Of this numbers, 12,000 jobs were added in non-residential specialty construction and 10,700 were added in residential specialty construction.
It is believed specialty trader construction is growing because of the extensive and high-quality job training and apprenticeship programs, also customers have projects that are becoming larger and more complex.