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Airgas sales drop due to “challenging economic conditions”

May 5, 2016

Airgas, Inc. reported sales of $1.3 billion for its third quarter ended December 31, 2015 – a decrease of three percent compared to the prior year.

State safety consultations can drive PPE sales

More than 1.4 million workers were covered by visits in 2015

May 5, 2016

OSHA’s Safety & Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP) grants small businesses that maintain exemplary injury and illness prevention programs an exemption from OSHA programmed inspections for up to two years.

Where’s the economy heading in 2016?

Execs are cautious and uncertain

May 5, 2016

The online survey was in the field from March 7 to March 11, 2016, and garnered responses from 2,772 respondents representing the full range of regions, industries, company sizes, functional specialties, and tenures.

OSHA updates eye and face protection standards in final rule

May 5, 2016

The final rule reflects current national consensus standards, and ensures that workers can use up-to-date eye and face protection.

U.S. employment includes 6+ million part-timers

May 5, 2016

Employment increased in retail trade, construction, and healthcare. Job losses occurred in manufacturing and mining.

Buffett: U.S. economy better than candidates say

May 5, 2016

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett says he’s sick and tired of presidential candidates making bleak statements about the U.S. economy, according to The Hill, a Washington politico newspaper.

Are you ready for the future of work?

Five trends that could affect your business

January 8, 2016

The past several decades have seen the collapse of the corporate ladder, according to an article in The Guardian, a London-based newspaper.

Crude oil in 2016: $60 a barrel might be the ceiling

A barrel of oil was priced at more than $100 in June 2014

January 8, 2016

Some of the world’s largest energy companies and investment banks are becoming more pessimistic about the ability of crude oil pricing to reach even $60 a barrel next year, reporting steep losses as they take hits on projects that no longer make financial sense, according to The Wall Street Journal

The long road back: Manufacturing still recovering

Dan Mechstroth

January 8, 2016

We thought that manufacturing had fully recovered from the 2008-2009 recession last year.

A+A ups showmanship in Dusseldõrf

January 8, 2016

Exhibitors who came from Australia and Venezuela, from Mexico and Monaco; nine cavernous exhibition halls; live demonstrations of products — including fires that attendees were invited to extinguish; conversations in many different languages; a corporate fashion show that could rival a Broadway production; and almost – but not quite – an indoor windmill.