Bank of America has agreed to pay $8.5 billion to more than 20 large investors including MetLife, BlackRock and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, to settle claims related to losses on mortgage securities bought before the housing bubble burst, The Wall Street Journal reports. The payment exceeds...
Read moreTrucking companies have more trouble keeping long-haul drivers ~ ATA says Turnover for long-haul drivers in large truckload fleets hit an annualized rate of 75 percent during the first three months of the year, the American Trucking Association. That’s a leap from the low of 39 percent during the...
Read moreMany have expressed shock at the recent U.S. employment data. But 9.1% unemployment shouldn’t be a surprise. To address the jobs challenge, we must stop pretending that this is only a difficult cyclical recovery. The root of the problem is structural. During the two decades before the crisis of...
Read moreThe Commercial Division of Cord Moving Storage led by Charlie Wormek watch the trends constantly just because that is what he does and he is happy to report that the St. Louis Industrial market ended the first quarter 2011 with a vacancy rate of 8.0%. The vacancy rate was down over...
Read moreCord Moving and Storage and North American Van Lines Says NO to The “Low Bar” Mentality – Recognizing and overcoming mediocrity in customer service experience… An appliance repairman or cable television technician shows up with just ten minutes remaining in his four-hour schedule window and we’re relieved. A waitress...
Read moreEarthquakes in Japan, floods in Australia and throughout South America and now a series of devastating tornadoes in America’s mid-west – if supply chain risk wasn’t topping agendas at the start of the year, it certainly is now. Coal supplies from Queensland took a pounding as a result of...
Read moreDespite what appears to be a non-stop wave of tough news regarding real estate, four major media players have come out this month with the same advice: It Is Time to Buy a Home! This spells a relief to the moving and storage industry that would be easy to...
Read moreIf you have requested an estimate (hopefully from Cord Moving and Storage), soon your phone will be ringing from moving companies looking for your business. Now what? Do not worry, we can help. With the initial call, ask the movers for basic information about their company – address, how...
Read moreImprove winning in sales for the relocation industry through better honorable deal management. It’s in a salesperson’s nature to get excited about closing new business moving people and their families across this great world of ours. Winning a new client is a reason to celebrate. But, when looking for...
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