There’s plenty of news on the trade front, which has once more contributed, per analysts, to a slip in the Dow. Most manufactured housing connected stocks moved lower today as well. So how do the world’s nation’s rank in terms of total exports? How vulnerable are various economies, based upon […]
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Congress will soon consider permanently extending certain provisions of the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.” Said the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) in a media release to the Daily Business News. According to a recent NFIB member ballot, “over 90 percent of small business owners support permanently extending the expiring
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States can now force online retailers to collect sales tax, and that can impact millions of workers that are doing “brick and mortar” retail job that represent current or potential manufactured home buyers. The high court ruling earlier today reverses a Supreme Court in 1992 ruling. That prior decision –
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There are millions who find the truth to be uncomfortable. Millions are misinformed about manufactured housing. The obvious answer is education. Millions don’t know, so they don’t understand just how failed many public policies have been. Millions don’t understand how public policy impacts business and jobs, including those
The carefully orchestrated backlash to the enforcement of federal immigration law has taken center stage in media for the last 2 days. Forgotten is who passed the law, or that Presidents Bush and Obama to various degrees had a similar policy of enforcing the law. Trade is still on investors
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Since the passage for ObamaCare – the so-called Affordable Care Act (ACA) – manufactured housing industry businesses of all sizes have been wrestling with the consequences of the law. The Daily Business News won’t call the effects of the ACA or ObamaCare “unintended consequences” because MIT’s Jonathan Gruber is on
“You are entrepreneurs in the best tradition of the free enterprise system.” ~ The President of the United States to the MH Industry The U.S. President began his talk with these words, “There are problems in the economy and in the mobile home industry. I am not so naïve
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Housing is a global need, and Asia is the largest market. As the Daily Business News recently reported, U.S. based Hometown America is one of several operations in manufactured housing that has ties to Asia, some of which are deepening. Hometown’s recently announced deal is valued at nearly ½ a
“The Small Business Optimism Index increased in May to the second highest level in the NFIB survey’s 45-year history,” said the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) to the Daily Business News in a release. “The index rose to 107.8, a three-point gain, with small businesses reporting high numbers in
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It’s never a dull moment with reality TV star, business and real estate billionaire, President Donald J. Trump in the White House. The Dow shed almost 300 today, as investors are sweating what many believe is now a trade war. But what do big boys say on the issue? That’s
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“President Donald J. Trump announced [Monday] his intent to nominate the following individuals to key positions in his Administration,” the White House pressroom tells the Daily Business News. Dino Falaschetti of Montana, is to be the Director of the Office of Financial Research (OFR), Department of the Treasury. The White
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“We got word that [Tuesday], Facebook Inc. is inviting Capitol Hill staffers to Washington DC’s “newest, most exclusive event venue” for free food and drinks. Events like this enable Facebook to peddle influence in the halls of power, and keep lawmakers from cracking down on its abuse of our democracy.”
“Don’t pretend that this isn’t happening, folks,” said receiver Mark Adams, addressing a gathering of the remaining residents of the Loyalton Mobile Estates, per KOLOTV. “I’m sympathetic. I understand this is where you’ve been living, but it is what it is and it is happening.” That was several months ago,
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Markets dipped today, and three issues were among the factors that analysts say are furrowing the brows of investors. Housing, oil, and tariffs – read ‘trade wars’ – are going to be our featured report this evening. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are
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Industry professionals should note the mixing of nomenclature, or feel a level of angst in reading in California’s Orange County Register the following. “Look, I know mobile homes[1] are not for everybody and have a nasty stigma that is sometimes deserved.” That line was preceded by the opening words,
Is your manufactured housing location or operation a small – or even tiny – David fighting a metaphorical Goliath? The featured image above cuts to the chase of the ancient Biblical drama of David and Goliath. Let’s just say that despite the difference in size, plus long odds, David
“Chutzpah“ What connects or divides people are words, ideas, education, culture, communications, and an open or closed mind. The closed minded are by definition the hardest to communicate with. That doesn’t mean that the effort shouldn’t be made, but it must be balanced out by the other realities of living.
“Most people wouldn’t recognize today’s factory-built homes. The manufactured housing industry has diversified and enhanced the models available so they can blend seamlessly into traditional neighborhoods of site-built homes, offering comparable amenities and curb appeal,” said Sarah Edelman, Director of Duty to Serve, Single-Family Mortgage Business. Her open is
“None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, GoodReads. “Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.” – Warren Buffett, BrainyQuotes. “Most of us are imprisoned by something. We’re
“The Coming Collapse of China” author Gordon Chang discusses why the U.S. would win a potential trade war with China. With that being a hot topic, that will be our focus for tonight. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are ready to get the
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