Many contractors donât know their exact job costs, equipment costs and overhead budget, and consequently, many donât know how much profit they should make on any given job. Without an understanding of your numbers, you will end up busy and broke instead of productive and profitable.
Foreign policy of Theodore Roosevelt that was based on the proverb, Speak softly and carry a big stick and you will go far, which advocated that the US engage in diplomacy but also maintain a strong military readiness to back up US goals.
Related: Scotland's bid for independence. In a speech in Edinburgh on Thursday, U.K. Chancellor George Osborne said the nationalists' plan was a non-starter. People need to know -- that is not going to happen, he said. If Scotland walks away from the U.K., it walks away from the pound..